About

The main theme of our research is to study the use of novel materials in micromechatronics and -fluidics. In particular, we work on soft, adhesive, biological and bioinspired materials and their applications in microsystems, -assembly, -robotics and -fluidics.

Selected publications

Koivikko, A., Lampinen, V., Pihlajamäki, M., Yiannacou, K., Sharma, V. and Sariola, V., Integrated stretchable pneumatic strain gauges for electronics-free soft robots. Commun. Eng., vol. 1, 14, 2022.
Sharma V, Ali-Löytty H, Koivikko A, Yiannacou K, Lahtonen K, Sariola V, “Copper Oxide Microtufts on Natural Fractals for Efficient Water Harvesting”, Langmuir, vol. 37, no. 11, pp. 3370–3381, 2021.
A. Koivikko, E. Sadeghian Raei, M. Mosallaei, M. Mäntysalo, V. Sariola, ”Screen-printed curvature sensors for soft robots,” IEEE Sensors, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 223-230, 2018.
Q. Zhou, V. Sariola, K. Latifi, V. Liimatainen, “Controlling the motion of multiple objects on a Chladni plate,” Nat. Commun., 2016, vol. 7, article number: 12764.
V. Sariola, M. Sitti, “Mechanically Switchable Elastomeric Microfibrillar Adhesive Surfaces for Transfer Printing,” Adv. Mat. Interfaces., vol. 1, no. 4, 2014.
V. Sariola, M. Jääskeläinen, and Q. Zhou, “Hybrid microassembly combining robotics and water droplet self-alignment,” IEEE Trans. Rob., vol. 26, no.6, pp. 965-977, 2010.