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ArticleSmall (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)2025

A Biodegradable, Porous Flier Inspired by a Parachute-Like Tragopogon Fruit for Environmental Preservation.

Stefano Mariani, Kliton Cikalleshi, Marilena Ronzan, Carlo Filippeschi, Giovanna Adele Naselli, Barbara Mazzolai

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Article in Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Stefano MarianiBioinspired Soft Robotics Laboratory, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, Genova, 16163, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8483-7005
Kliton CikalleshiBioinspired Soft Robotics Laboratory, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, Genova, 16163, Italy.ORCID 0009-0003-6878-9968
Marilena RonzanBioinspired Soft Robotics Laboratory, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, Genova, 16163, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5349-8146
Carlo FilippeschiBioinspired Soft Robotics Laboratory, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, Genova, 16163, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3509-8576
Giovanna Adele NaselliBioinspired Soft Robotics Laboratory, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, Genova, 16163, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1849-9826
Barbara MazzolaiBioinspired Soft Robotics Laboratory, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, Genova, 16163, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0722-8350

Funding

European Union-Next Generation EU-Italy's National Recovery and Resilience PlanHorizon 2020 Framework Programme 101017940RAISE - Robotics and AI for Socio-economic Empowerment
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

New devices inspired by flying seeds, or more technically by fruits with dispersal units, could have a significant impact for environmental monitoring and aerial seeding. Among the various types of dispersal units (e.g., winged, gliding), parachuted or plumed units offer the lowest vertical descent speed (i.e., 0.3-0.7 m s

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FruitCellulosePorosityCelluloseaerial seedingbiodegradable fliercolorimetric sensors and indicatorsenvironmental monitoringparachute and plumed fruitporous materialsseed dispersal

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PMID39285814
PMCPMC11753481

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