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ArticleNature communications2022

Creating three-dimensional magnetic functional microdevices via molding-integrated direct laser writing.

Zemin Liu, Meng Li, Xiaoguang Dong, Ziyu Ren, Wenqi Hu, Metin Sitti

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Article in Nature communications, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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27 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Zemin Liu *Physical Intelligence Department, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Stuttgart, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9211-6603
Meng Li *Physical Intelligence Department, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Stuttgart, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6014-2866
Xiaoguang DongPhysical Intelligence Department, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Stuttgart, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9150-4014
Ziyu RenPhysical Intelligence Department, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Stuttgart, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0824-1805
Wenqi HuPhysical Intelligence Department, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Stuttgart, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany. wenqi@is.mpg.de.ORCID 0000-0002-3457-821X
Metin SittiPhysical Intelligence Department, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Stuttgart, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany. sitti@is.mpg.de.ORCID 0000-0001-8249-3854

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Magnetically driven wireless miniature devices have become promising recently in healthcare, information technology, and many other fields. However, they lack advanced fabrication methods to go down to micrometer length scales with heterogeneous functional materials, complex three-dimensional (3D) geometries, and 3D programmable magnetization profiles. To fill this gap, we propose a molding-integrated direct laser writing-based microfabrication approach in this study and showcase its advanced enabling capabilities with various proof-of-concept functional microdevice prototypes. Unique motions and functionalities, such as metachronal coordinated motion, fluid mixing, function reprogramming, geometrical reconfiguring, multiple degrees-of-freedom rotation, and wireless stiffness tuning are exemplary demonstrations of the versatility of this fabrication method. Such facile fabrication strategy can be applied toward building next-generation smart microsystems in healthcare, robotics, metamaterials, microfluidics, and programmable matter.

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LasersMagneticsLightMicrotechnologyWriting

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PMID35440590
PMCPMC9019016

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