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b Latch structures of the hydrogel unit were intermeshed with a groove of the fluidic channel.
b Fluidic channel has latch structures where the latch blocks of hydrogel units are geometrically locked.
Hydrogel units are assembled in a fluidic channel by intermeshing latch blocks and latch structures.
Latch structures and fluidic chamber were patterned on a 4-inch Si wafer with 130 μm thickness.
Latch structures are located along the fluidic chamber at both sides as the shape of the long groove and the narrow slots.
Then, a flat PDMS plate was bonded on the opposite side of the latch structures to make a ceiling of the fluidic chamber.
The bottom view of the assembly shows that the latch structures of hydrogel units and fluidic channel were firmly anchored (Fig. 3b).
Micro-computed tomography and dissections showed that both species have the spring and latch structures that are used in other species for producing a spring-loaded strike; however, kinematic analyses indicated that only A. vicina consistently engages the elastic mechanism.
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