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ArticleSmall (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)2024

Responsive Hydrogel-Based Modular Microrobots for Multi-Functional Micromanipulation.

Liyuan Tan, David J Cappelleri

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Article in Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Liyuan TanSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0682-429X
David J CappelleriSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7222-0625

Funding

National Science Foundation 1763689National Science Foundation 2018570Purdue Institute for Cancer Research DDMS Program Special Projects 22-23
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microrobots show great potential in biomedical applications such as drug delivery and cell manipulations. However, current microrobots are mostly fabricated as a single entity and type and the tasks they can perform are limited. In this paper, modular microrobots, with an overall size of 120 µm × 200 µm, are proposed with responsive mating components, made from stimuli-responsive hydrogels, and application specific end-effectors for microassembly tasks. The modular microrobots are fabricated based on photolithography and two-photon polymerization together or separately. Two types of modular microrobots are created based on the location of the responsive mating component. The first type of modular microrobot has a mating component that can shrink upon stimulation, while the second type has a double bilayer structure that can realize an open and close motion. The exchange of end-effectors with an identical actuation base is demonstrated for both types of microrobots. Finally, different manipulation tasks are performed with different types of end-effectors.

Indexed as

HydrogelsRoboticsMicromanipulationMicrotechnologyHydrogelshydrogelmicrorobotsmodular

Identifiers

PMID39040007
PMCPMC11579957

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