Self-fueled biomimetic liquid metal mollusk.
A liquid metal motor that can "eat" aluminum food and then move spontaneously and swiftly in various solution configurations and structured channels for more than 1 h is discovered. Such a biomimetic mollusk is highly shape self-adaptive by closely conforming to the geometrical space it voyages in. The first ever self-fueled pump is illustrated as one of its typical practical utilizations.
Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
Jie
J
Zhang
Youyou
Y
Yao
Lei
L
Sheng
Jing
J
Liu
D000818:Animals; D032701:Biomimetics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D007281:Ink; D019344:Lactic Acid; D008670:Metals / Q000737:chemistry; D008974:Mollusca; D011091:Polyesters; D011108:Polymers; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate; D066330:Printing, Three-Dimensional; D012972:Sodium Hydroxide / Q000737:chemistry; D014741:Video Recording
D008670:Metals; D011091:Polyesters; D011108:Polymers; D019344:Lactic Acid; C033616:poly(lactide); D012972:Sodium Hydroxide; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate
autonomous locomotion; biomimetic mollusk; liquid metal; self-fueled machine; soft matter