A fast and powerful swimming microrobot with a serrated tail enhanced propulsion interface

Dengfeng Li; Yanting Liu; Yuanyuan Yang; Yajing Shen

doi:10.1039/c8nr04907f

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	19673-19677
Journal / Publication	Nanoscale
Volume	10
Issue number	42
Early online date	28 Aug 2018
Publication status	Published - 14 Nov 2018

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Abstract

We demonstrate the use of a swimming microrobot with a serrated tail in the propulsion region to enhance reaction interfaces. A 3D printed tail with multiple catalytic channels and nanointerfaces could reinforce the microrobot, allowing it to reach swimming speeds of ∼1 mm s^-1 and enabling it to transport objects with a weight 6500 times that of itself. This research represents a new concept in swimming microrobot design and is expected to benefit a wide range of engineering fields.

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A fast and powerful swimming microrobot with a serrated tail enhanced propulsion interface. / Li, Dengfeng ; Liu, Yanting ; Yang, Yuanyuan ; Shen, Yajing.

In: Nanoscale, Vol. 10, No. 42, 14.11.2018, p. 19673-19677.

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Li, D , Liu, Y , Yang, Y & Shen, Y 2018, 'A fast and powerful swimming microrobot with a serrated tail enhanced propulsion interface' Nanoscale, vol. 10, no. 42, pp. 19673-19677. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8nr04907f

Li, D., Liu, Y., Yang, Y., & Shen, Y. (2018). A fast and powerful swimming microrobot with a serrated tail enhanced propulsion interface. Nanoscale, 10(42), 19673-19677. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8nr04907f

Li D , Liu Y , Yang Y , Shen Y. A fast and powerful swimming microrobot with a serrated tail enhanced propulsion interface. Nanoscale. 2018 Nov 14;10(42):19673-19677. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8nr04907f

Li, Dengfeng ; Liu, Yanting ; Yang, Yuanyuan ; Shen, Yajing. / A fast and powerful swimming microrobot with a serrated tail enhanced propulsion interface. In: Nanoscale. 2018 ; Vol. 10, No. 42. pp. 19673-19677.