Light-Fueled Microscopic Walkers
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Diederik S. Wiersma; Camilla Parmeggiani; Hao Zeng; Daniele Martella; Matteo Burresi; Piotr Wasylczyk
- Source
- Advanced materials (Weinh., Print) 27 (2015): 3883–3883. doi:10.1002/adma.201501446
info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Zeng, Hao; Wasylczyk, Piotr; Parmeggiani, Camilla; Martella, Daniele; Burresi, Matteo; Wiersma, Diederik Sybolt/titolo:Light-Fueled Microscopic Walkers/doi:10.1002%2Fadma.201501446/rivista:Advanced materials (Weinh., Print)/anno:2015/pagina_da:3883/pagina_a:3883/intervallo_pagine:3883–3883/volume:27
Advanced Materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
- Subject
- Materials science
microscopic artificial walker
02 engineering and technology
artificial muscle
010402 general chemistry
01 natural sciences
Computer Science::Robotics
Optics
liquid crystalline elastomers
General Materials Science
liquid-crystalline elastomer
Creatures
business.industry
microscopic robots
Mechanical Engineering
artificial muscles
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
Communications
direct laser writing
0104 chemical sciences
locomotion
Condensed Matter::Soft Condensed Matter
Mechanics of Materials
Artificial muscle
0210 nano-technology
business
light
- Language
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.