Light-Fueled Microscopic Walkers

Year: 2015

Authors: Zeng H., Wasylczyk P., Parmeggiani C., Martella D., Burresi M., Wiersma D.S.

Autors Affiliation: Univ Florence, European Lab Non Linear Spect LENS, I-50019 Sesto, Fiorentino, Italy; Univ Warsaw, Fac Phys, LENS, PL-02093 Warsaw, Poland; Univ Warsaw, Fac Phys, Inst Expt Phys, PL-02093 Warsaw, Poland; LENS, I-50019 Sesto, Fiorentino, Italy; Ist Nazl Ott CNR INO, I-50019 Sesto, Fiorentino, Italy; Univ Florence, LENS, I-50019 Sesto, Fiorentino, Italy; Univ Florence, Dipartimento Chim Ugo Schiff, I-50019 Sesto, Fiorentino, Italy.

Abstract: The first microscopic artificial walker equipped with liquid-crystalline elastomer muscle is reported. The walker is fabricated by direct laser writing, is smaller than any known living terrestrial creatures, and is capable of several autonomous locomotions on different surfaces.

Journal/Review: ADVANCED MATERIALS

Volume: 27 (26)      Pages from: 3883  to: 3887

More Information: The research leading to these results has received funding from the IIT SEED project Microswim and the European Research Council under the European Union\’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013)/ERC Grant Agreement No. 291349 on photonic microrobotics. H.Z. was supported by the ICTP Ph.D. Program. The authors gratefully thank the entire Optics of Complex Systems group at LENS for feedback and discussions.
KeyWords: Biped locomotion; Crystalline materials; Elastomers, Artificial muscle; Autonomous locomotion; Direct laser writing; Liquid crystalline elastomers; Muscle
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201501446

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Citations: 358
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