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ArticleNature communications2024

Programmable adhesion and morphing of protein hydrogels for underwater robots.

Sheng-Chen Huang, Ya-Jiao Zhu, Xiao-Ying Huang, Xiao-Xia Xia, Zhi-Gang Qian

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 69 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. Hydrogel-Based Continuum Soft Robots.Gels (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sheng-Chen HuangState Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences, and School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0009-0005-4236-2266
Ya-Jiao ZhuState Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences, and School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, People's Republic of China.
Xiao-Ying HuangState Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences, and School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, People's Republic of China.
Xiao-Xia XiaState Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences, and School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, People's Republic of China. xiaoxiaxia@sjtu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-8375-1616
Zhi-Gang QianState Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences, and School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, People's Republic of China. zgqian@sjtu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-0133-0605
Shanghai Jiao Tong University · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 22075179National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32071414National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32270107Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai (Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai Municipality) 21ZR1432100
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Soft robots capable of efficiently implementing tasks in fluid-immersed environments hold great promise for diverse applications. However, it remains challenging to achieve robotization that relies on dynamic underwater adhesion and morphing capability. Here we propose the construction of such robots with designer protein materials. Firstly, a resilin-like protein is complexed with polyoxometalate anions to form hydrogels that can rapidly switch between soft adhesive and stiff non-adhesive states in aqueous environments in response to small temperature variation. To realize remote control over dynamic adhesion and morphing, Fe

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Blood SubstitutesRoboticsHumansHydrogelsInfrared RaysPhysical PhenomenaTissue AdhesionsWaterBlood SubstitutesHydrogelsWater

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PMID38172123
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