Light-driven dandelion-inspired microfliers

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 3036 - 10
• Main Authors: Chen, Yuanhao, Valenzuela, Cristian, Zhang, Xuan, Yang, Xiao, Wang, Ling, Feng, Wei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 26.05.2023; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 639/301/1005/1006; 639/301/923/1028; Actuators; Bimorphs; Energy efficiency; Environmental monitoring; Flight; Flight time; Humanities and Social Sciences; Insects; Light; Light sources; Micro air vehicles (MAV); multidisciplinary; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Seeds; Solar sails; Spacecraft; Wireless communications

In nature, many plants have evolved diverse flight mechanisms to disperse seeds by wind and propagate their genetic information. Inspired by the flight mechanism of the dandelion seeds, we demonstrate light-driven dandelion-inspired microfliers based on ultralight and super-sensitive tubular-shaped...