ArticleMatter2020
Artificial Organic Skin Wets Its Surface by Field-Induced Liquid Secretion.
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10 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Electric field-coupled two-photon polymerization system for on-demand modulation of 3D-printed structural color.PNAS nexus · 2025Article
- Through-Thickness Electric Field Establishes Complex Molecular Architectures for Localized Liquid Secretion.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Article
- The good, the bad and the ugly faces of cyanobiphenyl mesogens in selected tracks of fundamental and applied liquid crystal research.Liquid crystals · 2024Article
- Biomimetic Flexible Sensors and Their Applications in Human Health Detection.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- A cold-responsive liquid crystal elastomer provides visual signals for monitoring a critical temperature decrease.Materials horizons · 2023Article
- Magnetocontrollable droplet mobility on liquid crystal-infused porous surfaces.Nano research · 2023Article
- Janus Charged Droplet Manipulation Mediated by Invisible Charge Walls.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2022Article
- Light- and Field-Controlled Diffusion, Ejection, Flow and Collection of Liquid at a Nanoporous Liquid Crystal Membrane.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2022Article
- Liquid crystal-based open surface microfluidics manipulate liquid mobility and chemical composition on demand.Science advances · 2021Article
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Abstract
Living organisms enhance their survival rate by excreting fluids at their surface, but man-made materials can also benefit from liquid secretion from a solid surface. Known approaches to secrete a liquid from solids are limited to passive release driven by diffusion, surface tension, or pressure. Remotely triggered release would give active control over surface properties but is still exceptional. Here, we report on an artificial skin that secretes functional fluids by means of radiofrequency electrical signals driven by dielectric liquid transport in a (sub-)microporous smectic liquid crystal network. The smectic order of the polymer network and its director determine the flow direction and enhance fluid transport toward the surface at pre-set positions. The released fluid can be reabsorbed by the skin using capillary filling. The fluid-active skins open avenues for robotic handling of chemicals and medicines, controlling tribology and fluid-supported surface cleaning.
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