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3D Printed Multimaterial Microfluidic Transistors

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
We introduce a biocompatible, high resolution photopolymer resin that closely mimics the Young's Modulus (elasticity) and reversible stretchability (no hysteresis) of poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS), enabling the fabrication of microfluidic transistors (i.e., microvalves capable of proportional amplification) by multimaterial stereolithography (mSLA ...
Alireza Ahmadianyazdi, Wei Huang, Kaustav A. Gopinathan, Ivan Stepanov, Lisa Horowitz, Ting‐Yuan Tu, Mehmet Toner, Albert Folch   +7 more
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Multiscale Acoustic Bubble Actuators Using Bioinspired Liquid‐Repellent Microstructures

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
The article presents multiscale acoustic bubble actuators using bioinspired liquid‐repellent microstructures, enabling programmable trapping, pumping, mixing, and precise flow control. Mimicking springtail microstructures, these scalable actuators (200 µm–1 mm) offer multifunctionality in all‐in‐one devices, letter‐shaped arrays, and 3D cube ...
Cem Balda Dayan, Nima Mahkam, Nihal Olcay Dogan, Ville Liimatainen, Defne Hiz, Aleyna Ilgezdi, Daniel Razansky, Amirreza Aghakhani, Metin Sitti   +8 more
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Steering Algorithm for a Flexible Microrobot to Enhance Guidewire Control in a Coronary Angioplasty Application

Micromachines, 2018
Magnetically driven microrobots have been widely studied for various biomedical applications in the past decade. An important application of these biomedical microrobots is heart disease treatment.
Ali Kafash Hoshiar, Sungwoong Jeon, Kangho Kim, Seungmin Lee, Jin-young Kim, Hongsoo Choi   +5 more
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4D Printing of Multimaterial Flexible Magneto‐Active Polymers

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Magneto‐active polymers are 3D‐printed with tunable mechanical and magnetic properties using both superparamagnetic and hard ferromagnetic fillers. Nano‐CT imaging reveals the spatial distribution of particles within the matrix. Programmable magnetization patterns and soft, flexible architectures enable responsive actuation, offering exciting ...
Naji Tarabay, Mahtab Shakibmanesh, Javier Alonso López Medina, Hongyi Guan, Alan Mitchell, Ananya Renuka Balakrishna, Camilo Velez   +6 more
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Smart Magnetic Microrobots Learn to Swim with Deep Reinforcement Learning

Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2022
Swimming microrobots are increasingly developed with complex materials and dynamic shapes and are expected to operate in complex environments in which the system dynamics are difficult to model and positional control of the microrobot is not ...
Michael R. Behrens, Warren C. Ruder
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Dynamic Current Routing in Conductive Liquid Crystal Elastomers for Complex Deformation Actuators

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This work introduces a novel actuation control strategy in which electrical stimulation generates localized Joule heating in conductive liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) surfaces, enabling complex 3D deformations from a single homogeneous surface without preprogramming.
Gloria PouWai Lei, Morgan Barnes, Thomas George Thuruthel   +2 more
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Micro-Domain Force Estimation Using Hall-Effect Sensors for a Magnetic Microrobotic Station

Journal of Advanced Mechanical Design, Systems, and Manufacturing, 2013
This paper introduces a novel micro-domain force estimation method for applications in a magnetic-haptic micromanipulation platform (MHMP).
Moein MEHRTASH, Mir Behrad KHAMESEE
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Magnetic Textiles: A Review of Materials, Fabrication, Properties, and Applications

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Magnetic textiles (M‐textiles) are emerging as a programmable materials platform that merges magnetic matter with hierarchical textile structures. This article consolidates magnetic material classes, textile architectures, and fabrication and magnetization strategies, revealing structure–property–function relationships that govern magneto‐mechanical ...
Li Ke, Moses Kumi, Xiaoming Tao, Junhong Pu   +3 more
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On–Off Switchable Micromotors for Use in Steerable Microvehicles

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Electrically controllable micromotors and microvehicles are developed by tuning the diffusion of the fuel. Self‐propelled micromotors using bubble propulsion show great promise for miniaturized devices with multiuse purposes such as cargo delivery and sensing. However, there is currently no method to electrically switch the micromotors on or off. Here,
Hugo Severinsson, Eswaran Murugasen, Jose G. Martinez, Edwin W. H. Jager   +3 more
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Modulus‐Switchable Miniature Robots for Biomedical Applications: A Review

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Materials, robot designs, proof‐of‐concept functions, and biomedical applications of modulus‐switchable miniature robots. Miniature soft robots have shown great potential in biomedical applications due to their excellent controllability and suitable mechanical properties in biological environments.
Chunyun Wei, Yibin Wang, Jiangfan Yu
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