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Acoustic streaming-induced multimodal locomotion of bubble-based microrobots

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Mahkam, Nima
Aghakhani, Amirreza
Sheehan, Devin
Gardi, Gaurav
Katzschmann, Robert

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Acoustically-driven bubbles at the micron scale can generate strong microstreaming flows in its surrounding fluidic medium. The tunable acoustic streaming strength of oscillating microbubbles and the diversity of the generated flow patterns enable the design of fast-moving microrobots with multimodal locomotion suitable for biomedical applications. The acoustic microrobots holding two coupled microbubbles inside a rigid body are presented; trapped bubbles inside the L-shaped structure with different orifices generate various streaming flows, thus allowing multiple degrees of freedom in locomotion. The streaming pattern and mean streaming speed depend on the intensity and frequency of the acoustic wave, which can trigger four dominant locomotion modes in the microrobot, denoted as translational and rotational, spinning, rotational, and translational modes. Next, the effect of various geometrical and actuation parameters on the control and navigation of the microrobot is investigated. Furthermore, the surface-slipping multimodal locomotion, flow mixing, particle manipulation capabilities, the effective interaction of high flow rates with cells, and subsequent cancerous cell lysing abilities of the proposed microrobot are demonstrated. Overall, these results introduce a design toolbox for the next generation of acoustic microrobots with higher degrees of freedom with multimodal locomotion in biomedical applications. Addressing microrobots' limited maneuverability; the acoustically-powered micron-scale robots with microorganism-inspired motions are developed. These robots house two coupled microbubbles that create complex acoustic-streaming yielding various flow patterns and allowing the microrobots to move swiftly. These microrobots have proven to excel in multimodal locomotion, flow mixing, and cell lysing, making them ideal for diverse biomedical uses.image

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Wiley

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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary, Nanoscience, Nanotechnology, Materials science, Multidisciplinary

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Advanced Science

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10.1002/advs.202304233

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