Usually created from highly compliant, often bio-inspired materials, soft microrobots occupy a fascinating sub-field of robotics. With their flexibility and adaptability, they find deployment in an ...

The integration of graphene into organic films is an effective strategy for creating nimble electrical microactuators. Electrical microactuators have particularly promising applications in biology, ...

Thermal microactuators and electrothermal actuation systems are pivotal components in modern microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), converting electrical energy into controlled mechanical motion via ...

Materials that undergo reversible changes in form typically require top-down processing to program the microstructure of the material. As a result, it is difficult to program microscale, 3D ...

Microactuators can autonomously convert external energy into specific mechanical motions. With the feature sizes varying from the micrometer to millimeter scale, microactuators offer many operation ...

Abstract: Here, we report on the development and evaluation of novel unobstructing magnetic microactuators for maintaining the patency of implantable ventricular catheters used in hydrocephalus ...

FT-IR spectra of B18C6Am and PNB microactuators, effect of BSA aqueous solution on the thermo-response of PNB microactuators, optical micrographs of the PNIPAM microactuators and emulsion templates, ...

Abstract: Indwelling catheters are used widely in medicine to treat various chronic medical conditions. However, chronic implantation of catheters often leads to a premature failure due to biofilm ...

Fabrication of a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) with an integrated micromirror. A) FPCB is attached to a glass substrate using SU-8 as temporary adhesive. B) 3D structures are 3D printed ...