From nano to macro: a groundbreakIng actuation technology for robotic systems

Project Information

MAGNIFY

Grant agreement ID: 801378

DOI

10.3030/801378

Project closed

EC signature date 3 May 2018

Start date 1 October 2018

End date 30 November 2023

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)

Total cost

€ 2 922 730,00

EU contribution

€ 2 922 730,00

Coordinated by

RIJKSUNIVERSITEIT GRONINGEN
Netherlands

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (3)

Technical/scientific documents for the second review meeting

Produce the documents necessary for the second review meeting, in particular, the agenda and the presentations.

Validation of the electromechanical switching of first-generation systems
Technical/scientific documents for the first review meeting

Produce the documents necessary for the first review meeting, in particular, the agenda and the presentations.

Demonstrators, pilots, prototypes (3)

First-generation rotaxane monomer
The metal coated core-shell nanofiber (with molecular motors)
First-generation artificial synchronous–movement mechanism

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (3)

Final dissemination workshop
Project identity and dissemination material
Project website and overall online presence

Open Research Data Pilot (1)

Data management plan

This is the data management plan.

Publications

Conference proceedings (4)

MORPHOLOGICALLY BIO-INSPIRED HIERARCHICAL NYLON 6,6 ELECTROSPUN STRUCTURES FOR SOFT-ROBOTICS APPLICATIONS

Author(s): ALBERTO SENSINI, CARLO GOTTI, MARIA LETIZIA FOCARETE, CHIARA GUALANDI, ALEXANDER KAO, GIANLUCA TOZZI, LUCA CRISTOFOLINI, ANDREA ZUCCHELLI
Published in: Issue 1, 2019
Publisher: Europolymer Conference (EUPOC) 2019

A polyurethane-based electrospun nanofiber bundle soft actuator: Fabrication, modeling, and control

Author(s): Riccardo D’Anniballe; Giovanni Paoletta; Raffaella Carloni
Published in: 2021
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/robosoft51838.2021.9479213

Dynamic Modeling of P(VDF-TrFE-CTFE)-based Soft Actuators via Echo State Networks

Author(s): Riccardo D'Anniballe; Niklas Erdmann; Giacomo Selleri; Raffaella Carloni
Published in: IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, 2022
Publisher: IEEE/ASME
DOI: 10.1109/aim52237.2022.9863398

A Comparative Study of Predictive Models for Nafion-117 IPMC Soft Actuators

Author(s): Kenny K. Burawudi; Riccardo D’Anniballe; Ruben G. Langius; Raffaella Carloni
Published in: IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, 2021
Publisher: IEEE/ASME
DOI: 10.1109/aim46487.2021.9517466

Peer reviewed articles (18)

Biomimetic Hierarchically Arranged Nanofibrous Structures Resembling the Architecture and the Passive Mechanical Properties of Skeletal Muscles: A Step Forward Toward Artificial Muscle

Author(s): Carlo Gotti, Alberto Sensini, Gianmaria Fornaia, Chiara Gualandi, Andrea Zucchelli, Maria Letizia Focarete
Published in: Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Issue 8, 2020, ISSN 2296-4185
Publisher: Frontiers in BioEngineering and BioTechnology
DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.00767

Molecular Actuation of a Bistable Liquid-Crystalline [c2]Daisy Chain Rotaxane

Author(s): Christian C. Carmona-Vargas, Lara Faour, Shoichi Tokunaga, Doru Constantin, Guillaume Fleith, Emilie Moulin, Nicolas Giuseppone
Published in: Chemistry Europe, 2023, ISSN 2751-4765
Publisher: Wiley-VCH
DOI: 10.1002/ceur.202300069

Design of Collective Motions from Synthetic Molecular Switches, Rotors, and Motors

Author(s): Damien Dattler, Gad Fuks, Joakim Heiser, Emilie Moulin, Alexis Perrot, Xuyang Yao, Nicolas Giuseppone
Published in: Chemical Reviews, Issue 120/1, 2019, Page(s) 310-433, ISSN 0009-2665
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00288

Soft composite actuators of poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene-chlorotrifluoroethylene)-based nanofibers and polydimethylsiloxane: Fabrication, electromechanical characterization, and dynamic modeling

Author(s): Riccardo D'Anniballe, Giacomo Selleri, Leon Wierenga, Andrea Zucchelli, Davide Fabiani, Raffaella Carloni
Published in: Materials & Design, 2023, ISSN 0264-1275
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2023.112467

Daisy chain architectures: from discrete molecular entities to polymer materials

Author(s): Emilie Moulin, Christian C. Carmona-Vargas, Nicolas Giuseppone
Published in: Chemical Society Reviews, Issue 52, 2024, Page(s) 7333-7358, ISSN 0306-0012
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d3cs00619k

Direct synthetic routes to functionalised crown ethers

Author(s): F. Nicoli, M. Baroncini, S. Silvi, J. Groppi, A. Credi
Published in: Organic Chemistry Frontiers, 2021, ISSN 1473-7604
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d1qo00699a

Bi-material nanofibrous electrospun junctions: A versatile tool to mimic the muscle–tendon interface

Author(s): Alberto Sensini, Riccardo D'Anniballe, Carlo Gotti, Gregorio Marchiori, Gianluca Giavaresi, Raffaella Carloni, Maria Letizia Focarete, Andrea Zucchelli
Published in: Materials & Design, Issue 242, 2024, Page(s) 113015, ISSN 0264-1275
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2024.113015

Electrochemically responsive nanofibers by stimulation of a dialkyl-bipyridinium molecular switch

Author(s): E. Petri, C. Gotti, J. Groppi, A. Liguori, S. Silvi, A. Credi, A. Zucchelli, F. Soavi, M.L. Focarete, C. Gualandi, C. Arbizzani
Published in: Materials Chemistry and Physics, Issue 317, 2024, Page(s) 129155, ISSN 0254-0584
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2024.129155

Selective access to constitutionally identical, orientationally isomeric calix[6]arene-based [3]rotaxanes by an active template approach

Author(s): Margherita Bazzoni, Leonardo Andreoni, Serena Silvi, Alberto Credi, Gianpiero Cera, Andrea Secchi, Arturo Arduini
Published in: Chemical Science, Issue Advance article, 2021, Page(s) 1-10, ISSN 2041-6520
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d1sc00279a

Hierarchical fibrous structures for muscle‐inspired soft‐actuators: A review

Author(s): Carlo Gotti, Alberto Sensini, Andrea Zucchelli, Raffaella Carloni, Maria Letizia Focarete
Published in: Applied Materials Today, Issue 20, 2020, Page(s) 100772, ISSN 2352-9407
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmt.2020.100772

A Sustainable Gel Polymer Electrolyte for Solid-State Electrochemical Devices

Author(s): Serena Tombolesi; Niccolò Zanieri; Luca Bargnesi; Martina Mernini; Giampaolo Lacarbonara; Catia Arbizzani
Published in: Polymers; Volume 15; Issue 14; Pages: 3087, 2023, ISSN 2073-4360
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/polym15143087

[c2]Daisy Chain Rotaxanes as Molecular Muscles

Author(s): Antoine Antoine, Emilie Moulin, Gad Fuks, Nicolas Giuseppone
Published in: CCS Chemistry, 2019, Page(s) 83-96, ISSN 2096-5745
Publisher: CCS Chemistry
DOI: 10.31635/ccschem.019.20180023

Light‐Responsive (Supra)Molecular Architectures: Recent Advances

Author(s): Massimo Baroncini, Jessica Groppi, Stefano Corra, Serena Silvi, Alberto Credi
Published in: Advanced Optical Materials, 2019, Page(s) 1900392, ISSN 2195-1071
Publisher: Advanced Optical Materials
DOI: 10.1002/adom.201900392

A Molecular Cable Car for Transmembrane Ion Transport

Author(s): Alberto Credi
Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Issue 58/13, 2019, Page(s) 4108-4110, ISSN 1433-7851
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201814333

Photo- and Redox-Driven Artificial Molecular Motors

Author(s): Massimo Baroncini, Serena Silvi, Alberto Credi
Published in: Chemical Reviews, 2019, ISSN 0009-2665
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00291

The Effect of Morphology on Poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene-chlorotrifluoroethylene)-based Soft Actuators: Films and Electrospun Aligned Nanofiber Mats

Author(s): Riccardo D'Anniballe; Andrea Zucchelli; Raffaella Carloni
Published in: Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 333:113255. Elsevier Science, 2022, ISSN 0924-4247
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2021.113255

Towards Poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene-chlorotrifluoroethylene)-Based Soft Actuators: Films and Electrospun Aligned Nanofiber Mats

Author(s): Riccardo D’Anniballe, Andrea Zucchelli, Raffaella Carloni
Published in: Nanomaterials, Issue 11/1, 2021, Page(s) 172, ISSN 2079-4991
Publisher: MDPI Nanomaterials
DOI: 10.3390/nano11010172

From Molecular Machines to Stimuli‐Responsive Materials

Author(s): Emilie Moulin, Lara Faour, Christian C. Carmona‐Vargas, Nicolas Giuseppone
Published in: Advanced Materials, Issue 32/20, 2020, Page(s) 1906036, ISSN 0935-9648
Publisher: United Nations Industrial Developement Organization
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201906036

Thesis and dissertations (3)

Electrospun Nanofibers as Electro-responsive Artificial Muscles for Soft Robotics: Fabrication, modeling, and experimental validation

Author(s): null null, Riccardo D'Anniballe
Published in: 2024
Publisher: University of Groningen
DOI: 10.33612/diss.989711795

Electrospun hierarchical artificial muscle for soft robotics applications

Author(s): Carlo Gotti
Published in: 2022
Publisher: University of Bologna

Novel prototypes of electro-activated molecular machines

Author(s): Leonardo Andreoni
Published in: 2023
Publisher: University of Bologna

Other (1)

Macchine molecolari

Author(s): Alberto Credi and Vincenzo Balzani
Published in: 2020
Publisher: Ithaca: Viaggio nella Scienza XIV