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SUBMITTER: Kedzierski J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6444977 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kedzierski Jakub J Holihan Eric E Cabrera Rafmag R Weaver Isaac I
Microsystems & nanoengineering 20170605
We introduce a new type of actuator, the microhydraulic stepping actuator (MSA), which borrows design and operational concepts from biological muscle and stepper motors. MSAs offer a unique combination of power, efficiency, and scalability not easily achievable on the microscale. The actuator works by integrating surface tension forces produced by electrowetting acting on scaled droplets along the length of a thin ribbon. Like muscle, MSAs have liquid and solid functional components and can disp ...[more]