{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Zhu QL"],"funding":["Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province","National Natural Science Foundation of China"],"pagination":["5166"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7560679"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["11(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Many creatures have the ability to traverse challenging environments by using their active muscles with anisotropic structures as the motors in a highly coordinated fashion. However, most artificial robots require multiple independently activated actuators to achieve similar purposes. Here we report a hydrogel-based, biomimetic soft robot capable of multimodal locomotion fueled and steered by light irradiation. A muscle-like poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) nanocomposite hydrogel is prepared by electrical orientation of nanosheets and subsequent gelation. Patterned anisotropic hydrogels are fabricated by multi-step electrical orientation and photolithographic polymerization, affording programmed deformations. Under light irradiation, the gold-nanoparticle-incorporated hydrogels undergo concurre"],"journal":["Nature communications"],"pubmed_title":["Light-steered locomotion of muscle-like hydrogel by self-coordinated shape change and friction modulation."],"pmcid":["PMC7560679"],"funding_grant_id":["51773179, 51973189","LR19E030002"],"pubmed_authors":["Du C","Daab M","Zhu QL","Zheng Q","Hong W","Wu ZL","Dai Y","Matejdes M","Breu J"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Light-steered locomotion of muscle-like hydrogel by self-coordinated shape change and friction modulation.","description":"Many creatures have the ability to traverse challenging environments by using their active muscles with anisotropic structures as the motors in a highly coordinated fashion. However, most artificial robots require multiple independently activated actuators to achieve similar purposes. Here we report a hydrogel-based, biomimetic soft robot capable of multimodal locomotion fueled and steered by light irradiation. A muscle-like poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) nanocomposite hydrogel is prepared by electrical orientation of nanosheets and subsequent gelation. Patterned anisotropic hydrogels are fabricated by multi-step electrical orientation and photolithographic polymerization, affording programmed deformations. Under light irradiation, the gold-nanoparticle-incorporated hydrogels undergo concurre","dates":{"release":"2020-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2020 Oct","modification":"2025-05-29T20:42:36.914Z","creation":"2025-05-29T20:42:36.914Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC7560679","cross_references":{"pubmed":["33056999"],"doi":["10.1038/s41467-020-18801-1"]}}