Self-regulated underwater phototaxis of a photoresponsive hydrogel-based phototactic vehicle.

Journal

Nature nanotechnology
ISSN: 1748-3395
Titre abrégé: Nat Nanotechnol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101283273

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
21 Aug 2023
Historique:
received: 21 09 2022
accepted: 11 07 2023
medline: 22 8 2023
pubmed: 22 8 2023
entrez: 21 8 2023
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

Incorporating a negative feedback loop in a synthetic material to enable complex self-regulative behaviours akin to living organisms remains a design challenge. Here we show that a hydrogel-based vehicle can follow the directions of photonic illumination with directional regulation inside a constraint-free, fluidic space. By manipulating the customized photothermal nanoparticles and the microscale pores in the polymeric matrix, we achieved strong chemomechanical deformation of the soft material. The vehicle swiftly assumes an optimal pose and creates directional flow around itself, which it follows to achieve robust full-space phototaxis. In addition, this phototaxis enables a series of complex underwater locomotions. We demonstrate that this versatility is generated by the synergy of photothermofluidic interactions resulting in closed-loop self-control and fast reconfigurability. The untethered, electronics-free, ambient-powered hydrogel vehicle manoeuvres through obstacles agilely, following illumination cues of moderate intensities, similar to that of natural sunlight.

Identifiants

DOI: 10.1038/s41565-023-01490-4 PMID: 37605045
pubmed: 37605045
doi: 10.1038/s41565-023-01490-4
pii: 10.1038/s41565-023-01490-4
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

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IM

Subventions

Organisme : Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai (Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai Municipality)
ID : 22JC1401800
Organisme : State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration
ID : MSVZD202211
Organisme : National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China)
ID : 52076127
Organisme : National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China)
ID : 52076127
Organisme : National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China)
ID : 52076127
Organisme : National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China)
ID : 52076127
Organisme : National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China)
ID : 52076127

Informations de copyright

© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.

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Auteurs

Guodong Hou (G)

State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Engineering Science, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Institute of Refrigeration and Cryogenics, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.

Xu Zhang (X)

State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
ORCID: 0000-0002-6605-9991

Feihong Du (F)

State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Engineering Science, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Institute of Refrigeration and Cryogenics, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.

Yadong Wu (Y)

Institute of Aerospace Propulsion, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
ORCID: 0000-0003-1686-9715

Xing Zhang (X)

State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.

Zhijie Lei (Z)

State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Engineering Science, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Institute of Refrigeration and Cryogenics, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.

Wei Lu (W)

State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Engineering Science, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Institute of Refrigeration and Cryogenics, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.

Feiyu Zhang (F)

State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Engineering Science, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Institute of Refrigeration and Cryogenics, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.

Guang Yang (G)

Institute of Refrigeration and Cryogenics, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
ORCID: 0000-0002-8430-6917

Huamiao Wang (H)

State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
ORCID: 0000-0002-7167-2483

Zhenyu Liu (Z)

Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
ORCID: 0000-0002-9214-9798

Rong Wang (R)

Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China.

Qi Ge (Q)

Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China.
ORCID: 0000-0002-8666-8532

Jiangping Chen (J)

State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Institute of Refrigeration and Cryogenics, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.

Guang Meng (G)

State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Engineering Science, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.

Nicholas X Fang (NX)

Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. nicxfang@hku.hk.
ORCID: 0000-0001-5713-629X

Xiaoshi Qian (X)

State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. xsqian@sjtu.edu.cn.
Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Engineering Science, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. xsqian@sjtu.edu.cn.
Institute of Refrigeration and Cryogenics, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. xsqian@sjtu.edu.cn.
ORCID: 0000-0003-3487-7567

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