Bioinspired cilia arrays with programmable nonreciprocal motion and metachronal coordination
Xiaoguang Dong, Guo Zhan Lum, Wenqi Hu, Rongjing Zhang, Ziyu Ren, Patrick R. Onck, Metin Sitti
Abstract
Our design method and developed soft miniature devices provide unprecedented opportunities for studying ciliary biomechanics and creating cilia-inspired wireless microfluidic pumping, object manipulation and lab- and organ-on-a-chip devices, mobile microrobots, and bioengineering systems.
Topics & Concepts
CiliumReynolds numberFluid motionMicrofluidicsFluid dynamicsFluidicsMotile ciliumBiomimeticsFluid–structure interactionComputer scienceNanotechnologyPhysicsAcousticsMechanicsEngineeringMaterials scienceAerospace engineeringBiologyFinite element methodTurbulenceThermodynamicsCell biologyMicro and Nano RoboticsModular Robots and Swarm IntelligenceMicrofluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies