{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Chen Y"],"funding":["National Natural Science Foundation of China","National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China)"],"pagination":["3036"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10219969"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["14(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["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 bimorph soft actuator. Like dandelion seeds in nature, the falling velocity of the as-proposed microflier in air can be facilely controlled by tailoring the degree of deformation of the \"pappus\" under different light irradiations. Importantly, the resulting microflier is able to achieve a mid-air flight above a light source with a sustained flight time of ~8.9 s and a maximum flight height of ~350 mm thanks to the unique dandelion-like 3D structures. Unexpectedly, the resulting microflier is fou"],"journal":["Nature communications"],"pubmed_title":["Light-driven dandelion-inspired microfliers."],"pmcid":["PMC10219969"],"funding_grant_id":["52173181","51973155"],"pubmed_authors":["Yang X","Zhang X","Feng W","Chen Y","Valenzuela C","Wang L"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Light-driven dandelion-inspired microfliers.","description":"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 bimorph soft actuator. Like dandelion seeds in nature, the falling velocity of the as-proposed microflier in air can be facilely controlled by tailoring the degree of deformation of the \"pappus\" under different light irradiations. Importantly, the resulting microflier is able to achieve a mid-air flight above a light source with a sustained flight time of ~8.9 s and a maximum flight height of ~350 mm thanks to the unique dandelion-like 3D structures. Unexpectedly, the resulting microflier is fou","dates":{"release":"2023-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2023 May","modification":"2025-04-18T14:20:05.933Z","creation":"2025-04-07T00:28:13.291Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC10219969","cross_references":{"pubmed":["37236989"],"doi":["10.1038/s41467-023-38792-z"]}}