Structured light enables biomimetic swimming and versatile locomotion of photoresponsive soft microrobots

Nature Materials

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 647-653

  Palagi, Stefano ^a   Mark, Andrew G ^a   Reigh, Shang Yik ^b   Melde, Kai ^a   Qiu, Tian ^a,c   Zeng, Hao ^d   Parmeggiani, Camilla ^d,e   Martella, Daniele ^d   Sanchez Castillo, Alberto ^a   Kapernaum, Nadia ^f   Giesselmann, Frank ^f   Wiersma, Diederik S ^d   Lauga, Eric ^b   Fischer, Peer ^a,f  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^e ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OTTICA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

BIOMIMETIC MOTION; BIOMIMETIC SWIMMING; LIQUID CRYSTAL ELASTOMERS; MONOCHROMATIC LIGHT; PERIODIC CHANGES; PHOTO-RESPONSIVE; SPATIO-TEMPORAL COORDINATION; TRAVELLING WAVES;

BIOMIMETICS;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL;

CILIATE; DEVICES; PROCEDURES; ROBOTICS; SWIMMING;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; CILIOPHORA; ROBOTICS; SWIMMING;

EID: 84958064122     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat4569     Document Type: Article

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