Bioinspired Superhydrophobic Swimming Robots with Embedded Microfluidic Networks and Photothermal Switch for Controllable Marangoni Propulsion - Mao, Jiang‐Wei; Han, Dong‐Dong; Zhou, Hao; Sun, Hong‐Bo; Zhang, Yong‐Lai (Advanced functional materials, 2023)
Keywords: Actuation; Air chambers; Channels; Controllability; Digital cameras; Fuels; Graphene; Hydrophobic surfaces; Hydrophobicity; Insects; laser irradiation; Marangoni convection; Marangoni propulsion; Materials science; Microfluidics; photothermal switches; Polydimethylsiloxane; Propulsion; Robotics; Robots; Route planning; Surface tension; Swimming; swimming robots; Water resistance