Muscular Thin Films for Building Actuators and Powering Devices

By A. Feinberg, A. Feigel, S. Shevkoplyas, S. Sheehy, George M. Whitesides, Kevin Kit Parker. Science, 2007

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Subfields: Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Surgery

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Carbon-Nanotube-Embedded Hydrogel Sheets for Engineering Cardiac Constructs and Bioactuators (2013, positive): “cultured cardiac tissue constructs also showed promise in building biohybrid actuators and powering devices.(40,41) So far, such actuators have been largely”
Instrumented cardiac microphysiological devices via multi-material 3D printing (2016, neutral): “tissue [3], and micro-post assays measure the deflection of pillars supporting a micro-tissue [4].”
Micropatterning as a tool to decipher cell morphogenesis and functions (2010, background): “A parallel orientation of myotubes over long distances appears necessary for the collective production of the forces that are necessary for the deformation of the underlying substrate (Feinberg et al., 2007).”
Hydraulic hydrogel actuators and robots optically and sonically camouflaged in water (2017, positive): “While these animals typically use muscles to achieve active motions 1,2 , we adopt hydraulic actuation of hydrogels to give actuation forces and/or speeds much higher than existing osmotic hydrogel actuators and muscle-powered bioactuators 19–21 .”
Engineering microscale topographies to control the cell–substrate interface (2012, background): “The native myocardial architecture embodies cellular alignment and organization which is closely linked to its proper functioning in vivo [211].”
Shape control of active surfaces inspired by the movement of euglenids (2014, background): “…and Teresi, 2009) actuated by temperature (deHaan et al., 2012), light (White et al., 2008; Camacho-Lopez et al., 2004), or electric field (Fukunaga et al., 2008), and biohybrid constructs consisting of muscle cells attached to elastomer sheets (Feinberg et al., 2007; Nawroth et al., 2012).”
Bio-inspired soft robotics: Material selection, actuation, and design (2018, background): “In place of engineered materials such as metal or semi-conducting thin films, contracting cells on the surface of a soft robotic component act as a membrane straining layer [96].”
Electrokinetic and optical control of bacterial microrobots (2011, neutral): “employ when isolated from the supporting cells [14, 15].”