A bioinspired soft actuated material.

Roche, Ellen T; Wohlfarth, Robert; Overvelde, Johannes T B; Vasilyev, Nikolay V; Pigula, Frank A; Mooney, David J; Bertoldi, Katia; Walsh, Conor J

Roche, Ellen T; Wohlfarth, Robert; Overvelde, Johannes T B; Vasilyev, Nikolay V; Pigula, Frank A; Mooney, David J; Bertoldi, Katia; Walsh, Conor J.

Affiliation

Roche ET; School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA; Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, 3 Blackfan circle, Boston, MA, 02155, USA.

Adv Mater ; 26(8): 1200-6, 2014 Feb 26.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24227698

Subject(s)

Biomimetic Materials; Heart Ventricles; Models, Cardiovascular; Myofibrils; Biomimetic Materials/chemistry; Computer Simulation; Elasticity; Finite Element Analysis; Hardness; Heart/anatomy & histology; Heart/physiology; Heart Ventricles/anatomy & histology; Humans; Linear Models; Materials Testing; Motion; Muscle, Skeletal/anatomy & histology; Muscle, Skeletal/physiology; Muscle, Smooth/anatomy & histology; Muscle, Smooth/physiology; Myocardium; Myofibrils/physiology; Nonlinear Dynamics; Stomach/anatomy & histology; Stomach/physiology

Key words

biomimetic motion; embedded actuators; pneumatic actuators; soft actuated material; three-dimensional motion

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Full text: 1 Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Biomimetic Materials / Heart Ventricles / Models, Cardiovascular / Myofibrils Limits: Humans Language: En Journal: Adv Mater Journal subject: BIOFISICA / QUIMICA Year: 2014 Type: Article Affiliation country: United States

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