Microscopic artificial cilia–a review

T ul Islam, Y Wang, I Aggarwal, Z Cui, HE Amirabadi… - Lab on a Chip, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Cilia are microscopic hair-like external cell organelles that are ubiquitously present in
nature, also within the human body. They fulfill crucial biological functions: motile cilia …

Recent Progress on the Development of Magnetically‐Responsive Micropillars: Actuation, Fabrication, and Applications

K Ni, Z Wang - Advanced Functional Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Stimuli‐responsive micro‐pillared structures can perform complex and precise tasks at the
microscale through dynamic and reversible deformation of the pillars in response to external …

4D printing of magnetoactive soft materials for on-demand magnetic actuation transformation

Y Zhang, Q Wang, S Yi, Z Lin, C Wang… - … applied materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Four-dimensional (4D) printed magnetoactive soft material (MASM) with a three-dimensional
(3D) patterned magnetization profile possesses programmable shape transformation and …

Bioinspired magnetic cilia: from materials to applications

S Park, G Choi, M Kang, W Kim, J Kim… - Microsystems & …, 2023 - nature.com
Microscale and nanoscale cilia are ubiquitous in natural systems where they serve diverse
biological functions. Bioinspired artificial magnetic cilia have emerged as a highly promising …

[HTML][HTML] Soft magnetic composites for highly deformable actuators by four-dimensional electrohydrodynamic printing

Z Wang, Y Wu, D Wu, D Sun, L Lin - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Soft magnetic composites have been orderly deposited using an advanced four-dimensional
electrohydrodynamic printing process to build deformable actuators that have favorable …

4D printing of magneto-responsive polymer structures by masked stereolithography for miniaturised actuators

JL Kricke, I Yusnila Khairani, BBJ Beele… - Virtual and Physical …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Masked stereolithography printing can be used to produce functionalised magneto-
responsive polymer structures. Magnetic filler additivation of the photopolymer enables the …

Microfluidic applications of artificial cilia: recent progress, demonstration, and future perspectives

V Sahadevan, B Panigrahi, CY Chen - Micromachines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Artificial cilia-based microfluidics is a promising alternative in lab-on-a-chip applications
which provides an efficient way to manipulate fluid flow in a microfluidic environment with …

Photosensitive composite inks for digital light processing four-dimensional printing of shape memory capture devices

L Wang, F Zhang, Y Liu, S Du… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
High-performance shape memory thermosetting polymers and their composites for four-
dimensional (4D) printing are essential in practical applications. To date, most printable …

Bio-mimic motion of 3D-printed gel structures dispersed with magnetic particles

H Shinoda, S Azukizawa, K Maeda… - Journal of The …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The authors have proposed a fabrication process of" 4D printer" for magnetic soft actuators.
In this paper, we applied this 4D printer to bio-mimic field and show some examples using a …

Advances in field‐assisted 3D printing of bio‐inspired composites: from bioprototyping to manufacturing

X Zhou, L Ren, Q Liu, Z Song, Q Wu… - Macromolecular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Biocomposite systems evolve to superior structural strategies in adapting to their living
environments, using limited materials to form functionality superior to their inherent …