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Raquel Filipa Penacho Parreira

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Wireless soft microscale actuators and robotic devices to study mechanobiology

Raquel Filipa Penacho Parreira

Tissues morphogenesis and homeostasis involve the spatiotemporal regulation of mechanics at multiple scales. Characterization of mechanical properties of biological systems as well as investigating the effects of mechanical forces on biological function ar ...

EPFL2021

Modular soft robotic microdevices for dexterous biomanipulation

Francesco Stellacci, Mahmut Selman Sakar, Ahmet Bekdemir, Murat Kaynak, Ece Özelçi, Berna Ayse Özkale Edelmann, Lucio Feo Pancaldi-Giubbini, Raquel Filipa Penacho Parreira

We present a methodology for building biologically inspired, soft microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) devices. Our strategy combines several advanced techniques including programmable colloidal self-assembly, light-harvesting with plasmonic nanotransduce ...

2019

Investigating Tissue Mechanics in vitro Using Untethered Soft Robotic Microdevices

Mahmut Selman Sakar, Ece Özelçi, Raquel Filipa Penacho Parreira

This paper presents the design, fabrication, and operation of a soft robotic compression device that is remotely powered by laser illumination. We combined the rapid and wireless response of hybrid nanomaterials with state-of-the-art microengineering techn ...

2021

Remotely Controlled Colloidal Assembly of Soft Microrobotic Artificial Muscle

Mahmut Selman Sakar, Ece Özelçi, Raquel Filipa Penacho Parreira

2020