AreviewontheresearchofMicroElectromechanicalSystems(MEMS)technologybasedbiomimeticciliaispresented.Biomimeticcilia,enabledbytheadvancementofMEMStechnology,havebeenunderdynamicdevelopmentforthepastdecade.AfterabriefdescriptionofthebackgroundofciliaandMEMStechnology,differentbiomimeticciliaapplicationsarereviewed.Biomimeticciliamicro-actuators,includingmicromachinedpolyimidebimorphbiomimeticciliamicro-actuator,electro-staticallyactuatedpolymerbiomimeticciliamicro-actuator,andmagneticallyactuatednanorodarraybiomimeticciliamicro-actuator,arepresented.Subsequentlymicromachinedunderwaterflowbiomimeticciliamicro-sensorisstudied,followedbyacousticflowmicro-sensor.ThefabricationoftheseMEMS-basedbiomimeticciliadevices,characterizationoftheirphysicalproperties,andtheresultsoftheirapplicationexperimentsarediscussed.
