Micro Elastofluidics for Tuneable Droplet Merging
This technical paper provides a proof of concept of fully flexible and stretchable microfluidic technology for tuneable droplet mixing and merging. The phenomenon is justified through theoretical, numerical and experimental studies. ABSTRACT Droplet microfluidics enables precise handling of discrete fluid volumes at the microscale, with broad ...
Uditha Roshan +8 more
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Novel fabrication of soft microactuators with morphological computing using soft lithography. [PDF]
Tyagi M, Pan J, Jager EWH.
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Liquid Metal Sensors for Soft Robots
This review thoroughly reviews liquid metal sensors in soft robots. Their unique material properties like high conductivity and good biocompatibility are analyzed. Working principles are classified, and applications in environmental perception, motion detection, and human—robot interaction are introduced.
Qi Zhang +7 more
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Flexible and Stretchable Microneedle Electrode Arrays by Soft Lithography for Continuous Monitoring of Glucose. [PDF]
Choi YH +5 more
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Auto‐Routing Fluidic Printed Circuit Boards
This work introduces (STREAM) software tool for routing efficiently advanced macrofluidics, an open‐source software tool for automating the design of 3D‐printable fluidic circuit boards. STREAM streamlines tube routing and layout, enabling the rapid fabrication of fluidic networks for soft robotics, lab‐on‐a‐chip devices, microfluidics, and biohybrid ...
Savita V. Kendre +3 more
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Fabrication of LCE Microactuator Arrays Through Soft Lithography with Surface Alignment. [PDF]
Li K, Kim JJ, Fernandes J, Jiang H.
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3D Printing of Soft Robotic Systems: Advances in Fabrication Strategies and Future Trends
Collectively, this review systematically examines 3D‐printed soft robotics, encompassing material selections, function integration, and manufacturing methodologies. Meanwhile, fabrication strategies are analyzed in order of increasing complexity, highlighting persistent challenges with proposed solutions.
Changjiang Liu +5 more
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Molecular Dynamics Study of Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Nanostructure Distortion in a Soft Lithography Demolding Process. [PDF]
Abdul Manap AH, Md Izah SS, Mohamed K.
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Soft Actuators Integrated with Control and Power Units: Approaching Wireless Autonomous Soft Robots
Soft robots exhibit significant development potential in various applications. However, there are still key technical challenges regarding material improvement, structure design and components integration. This review focuses on the development and challenge of soft actuators, power components, and control components in untethered intelligent soft ...
Renwu Shi, Feifei Pan, Xiaobin Ji
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Optimized Soft Lithography Method for Polymer Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Flakes Fabrication. [PDF]
Zhou G, Liu S, Liu W, Yuan D, Zhou G.
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