Bacteria inspired soft robots with responsive flagellar bundles
Similar to peritrichous bacteria, soft robots consisting of a magnetic head and liquid crystal gel bi-flagella can undergo a “run-to-tumble” transition when the flagella bundle and unbundle in response to a temperature change.
Authors
- Shuai Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5083-2540)
- Tao Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3262-1739)
- Xiaoyu Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2280-1717)
- Jie Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7172-6277)
- Quan Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9042-360X)
- Jinyu Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1801-4139)
- Liqiu Yang
Institutions
- Nanjing Tech University (CN)
- Kent State University (US)
- Southeast University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Materials Chemistry C
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1039/d5tc00958h
- Primary Topic
- Micro and Nano Robotics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities