Bioinspired photocontrollable microstructured transport device.

Kizilkan, Emre, Strueben, Jan, Staubitz, Anne and Gorb, Stanislav (2017) Bioinspired photocontrollable microstructured transport device. Science Robotics, 2 (2). eaak9454. DOI 10.1126/scirobotics.aak9454.

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Abstract

Geckos, which can walk upside down on vertical and underneath horizontal surfaces, owe this ability to the hierarchical structures under their toes. These structures are responsible for substantial adhesion and, at the same time, for quick detachment by mechanical stimulus through leg movements. Inspired by such stimuli-responsive systems in nature, we developed an artificial, photocontrollable microstructured transport device. Through tunable ultraviolet light illumination, the adhesive ability of this bioinspired transport device is reduced up to a factor of 2.7 in terms of adhesive forces and is quickly recovered when the light stimulus ceases. This bioinspired photocontrollable device has been used in a pick-up and drop-down system for transporting planar and three-dimensional solid objects.

Document Type: Article
Research affiliation: Kiel University
Kiel University > Kiel Marine Science
OceanRep > The Future Ocean - Cluster of Excellence
Refereed: Yes
Open Access Journal?: No
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
Projects: Future Ocean
Date Deposited: 18 Dec 2017 11:00
Last Modified: 23 Sep 2019 21:23
URI: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/40736

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