Light-Fueled Microscopic Walkers

被引：378
作者：
Zeng, Hao [1 ]
Wasylczyk, Piotr [2 ,3 ]
Parmeggiani, Camilla [4 ,5 ]
Martella, Daniele [6 ,7 ]
Burresi, Matteo [4 ,5 ]
Wiersma, Diederik Sybolt [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Florence, European Lab Non Linear Spect LENS, I-50019 Sesto, Fiorentino, Italy
[2] Univ Warsaw, Fac Phys, LENS, PL-02093 Warsaw, Poland
[3] Univ Warsaw, Fac Phys, Inst Expt Phys, PL-02093 Warsaw, Poland
[4] LENS, I-50019 Sesto, Fiorentino, Italy
[5] Ist Nazl Ott CNR INO, I-50019 Sesto, Fiorentino, Italy
[6] Univ Florence, LENS, I-50019 Sesto, Fiorentino, Italy
[7] Univ Florence, Dipartimento Chim Ugo Schiff, I-50019 Sesto, Fiorentino, Italy
来源：
ADVANCED MATERIALS | 2015年 / 27卷 / 26期
基金：
欧洲研究理事会;
关键词：
ADHESION; BIOMECHANICS; ATTACHMENT; DRIVEN;
D O I：
10.1002/adma.201501446
中图分类号：
O6 [化学];
学科分类号：
0703 ;
摘要：
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.
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页码：3883 / +
页数：7
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