具有可重新配置的多尺度拓的多功能铁流体注入表面
Wendong Wang1,2,3, Jaakko V I Timonen1,4, Andreas Carlson1,2,5
1John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Nature
|June 27, 2018
概括
我们开发了一种名为FLIPS的新层次磁反应复合面. 这种适应性材料在磁场下重新配置了它的地形, 实现了从粒子自组装到生物膜去除的各种功能.
科学领域:
- 材料科学
- 软物质物理学
- 表面科学
背景情况:
- 具有刺激响应几何学的适应性材料提供了对形态控制和动态系统的洞察.
- 使用凝,聚合物和复合材料的可重新配置表面已被探索为界面属性控制.
- 现有的设计具有有限的地形变化和功能范围.
研究的目的:
- 引入一种新的等级磁响应复合面.
- 展示多层次的地形重构和新出现的行为.
- 探索这些适应性表面的潜在应用.
主要方法:
- 铁流体透到微结构矩阵中,以创建含有铁流体的液体注入多孔表面 (FLIPS).
- 应用磁场梯度来诱导铁流体运动和地形变化.
- 对重构动态的理论和实验分析,平衡毛细血管和磁压.
主要成果:
- 由磁场驱动的多层次的地形重构.
- 观察到的突发行为,包括体粒子自组装 (微米尺度).
- 展示了调节的液滴流量 (毫米尺度) 和可切换的粘附,摩擦,液体送和生物膜去除 (厘米尺度).
结论:
- FLIPS为可调整的表面拓和多尺度功能提供了一个多功能平台.
- 系统的重构性由毛细血管和磁力以及几何异构性控制.
- 潜在的应用包括微流体,热管理和污染释放材料.
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