Bidirectional biomimetic flow sensing with antiparallel and curved artificial hair sensors

• Claudio Abels,
• Antonio Qualtieri,
• Toni Lober,
• Alessandro Mariotti,
• Lily D. Chambers,
• Massimo De Vittorio,
• William M. Megill and
• Francesco Rizzi

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 32–46, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.4

• . Indeed, as the flow bends the graded-height stereovilli, it deflects the cilia, allowing the mechanoreception of the flow stimulus to be transduced as a depolarisation in the membrane, as pictured in Figure 2. The opposing flow pushes the kinocilium towards the stereovilli, restricting their movement

Determination of object position, vortex shedding frequency and flow velocity using artificial lateral line canals

• Adrian Klein and
• Horst Bleckmann

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2011, 2, 276–283, doi:10.3762/bjnano.2.32

• cylinder. Keywords: artificial lateral line; biomimetics; flow sensor; mechanoreception; optical sensor; Introduction Nature has invented a stunning diversity of sensory systems whose small size and high sensitivity is so far unmatched by man-made devices. Flow sensors based on hairs are located on the