Biomimetic locomotion on water of a porous natural polymeric composite

Observation of the natural world can provide invaluable information on the mechanisms that semiaquatic living organisms or bacteria use for their self-propulsion. Microvelia, for example, uses wax excreted from its legs to move on water in order to escape from predators or reach the bank of the rive...

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Main Authors: Ioannis Liakos, Pietro Salvagnini, Alice Scarpellini, Riccardo Carzino, Elisa Mele, Vittorio Murino, Athanassia Athanassiou
Format: Default Article
Published: 2016
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Materials engineering not elsewhere classified
Self - motors
Bio - locomotion
Bio - mimetics
Marangoni effect
Surface tension gradient
Materials Engineering not elsewhere classified
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/20820
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