Download full-text PDF |
Source |
|---|
Publication Analysis
Top Keywords
Similar Publications
Stimuli-Responsive Polymers for Tubal Actuators.
Chemistry
January 2025
Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Anhui Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Science and Technology, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China.
Stimuli-responsive polymers for tubal actuators have garnered significant attention due to their potential applications in soft robotics, artificial blood vessels, controlled liquid transportation, and microchemical reactors. This perspective emphasizes the advantages, response mechanisms, and fundamental design principles of stimuli-responsive polymers for tubal actuators. It also addresses the biological and engineering applications, current challenges, and future prospects of stimuli-responsive polymers for tubal actuators.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLight-Triggered Droplet Gating Strategy Based on Janus Membrane Fabricated by Femtosecond Laser.
ACS Nano
November 2024
CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, Key Laboratory of Precision Scientific Instrumentation of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Department of Precision Machinery and Precision Instrumentation, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, China.
The characteristics of the directed transport of liquids based on Janus membranes play a crucial role in practical applications in energy, materials, physics, chemistry, medicine, biology, and other fields. Although extensive progress has been made, it is still difficult to realize the accurate controllability of liquid directional transmembrane transport. The current gating strategies for the directed transport of liquids based on Janus membranes still have some limitations: (a) using magnetic fluid may cause contamination due to the addition of new substances and (b) utilizing hydrophobicity/hydrophilicity conversion of titanium dioxide requires a long switching time (over 30 min).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBiomimetic Transparent Slippery Surface for the Locomotion of Photocontrol Droplets and Bubbles.
Small
November 2024
Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for the Green Preparation and Application of Functional Materials, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430062, P. R. China.
Directed transportation and collection of liquids and bubbles play a vital role in the survival of ecosystems. Among them, the optical response control is widely used in the fields of microfluidic chips and chemical synthesis because of its high remote operation and fast response speed. However, due to poor light transmission, the development direction of traditional near-infrared (NIR) absorbing materials in the field of visualization is limited, and there are few reports of manufacturing an operating platform that can realize the directional movement of droplets/bubbles on a single platform.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMagneto-Controlled Tubular Liquid Actuators with Pore Engineering for Liquid Transport and Regulation.
Adv Sci (Weinh)
October 2024
Key Laboratory of Green Printing, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.
Liquid manipulation using tubular actuators finds diverse applications ranging from microfluidics, printing, liquid transfer to micro-reactors. Achieving flexible and simple regulation of manipulated liquid droplets during transport is crucial for the tubular liquid actuators to perform complex and multiple functions, yet it remains challenging. Here, a facile tubular actuator for directional transport of various liquid droplets under the control of an externally applied magnetic field is presented.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJanus Flexible Device with Microcone Channels for Sampling and Analysis of Biological Microfluidics.
Langmuir
July 2024
School of Manufacture Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Testing Technology for Manufacturing Process, Ministry of Education, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, P. R. China.
Controlling the spontaneous directional transport of droplets plays an important role in the application of microchemical reactions and microdroplet detection. Although the relevant technologies have been widely studied, the existing spontaneous droplet transport strategies still face problems of complex structure, single function, and poor flexibility. Inspired by the spontaneous droplet transport strategy in nature, an asymmetric wettability surface with microcone channels (AWS-MC) is prepared on a flexible fabric by combining surface modification and femtosecond laser manufacturing technology.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWant AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?
Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!