Source data for the publication: Metachronal micro‑Cilia for On-Chip Integrated Pumps and Climbing Robots

This data set contains the source data of the publication: Zhang, S., Cui, Z., Wang, Y. & Toonder, J.M.J. den (2021). Metachronal micro-cilia for on-chip integrated pumps and climbing robots. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c03009. This paper demonstrates a simple method to realize metachronal microscopic magnetic artificial cilia (microMAC) through control over the paramagnetic particle distribution within the microMAC based on their tendency to align with an applied magnetic field. Actuated by a 2D rotating uniform magnetic field, the metachronal microMAC enable strong microfluidic pumping and soft robot locomotion. The metachronal micro MAC induce twice the pumping efficiency and 3 times the locomotion speed of synchronously moving microMAC. The ciliated soft robots show an unprecedented slope climbing ability and they display strong cargo-carrying capacity in both dry and wet conditions. The data are experimentally obtained with methods described in the publication.

本数据集包含下述发表论文的源数据：Zhang S、Cui Z、Wang Y 及 den Toonder J.M.J. 于2021年发表于《ACS应用材料与界面》（ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces）的论文《用于片上集成泵与攀爬机器人的时序型微人工纤毛》，DOI：https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c03009。该论文提出了一种简便方法，通过调控时序型微人工磁控纤毛（metachronal microscopic magnetic artificial cilia，microMAC）内部的顺磁粒子分布（基于顺磁粒子沿外加磁场定向排列的特性），实现此类纤毛的制备。该时序型微人工磁控纤毛在二维旋转均匀磁场驱动下，可实现高效微流体泵送与软体机器人运动。相较于同步运动的微人工磁控纤毛，时序型微人工磁控纤毛的泵送效率为其2倍，运动速度为其3倍。搭载此类纤毛的软体机器人展现出前所未有的斜坡攀爬能力，且在干湿两种环境下均具备出色的载荷承载性能。本数据集的所有实验数据均基于该论文中记载的实验方法获取。