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ArticleNature communications2024

Hydraulic-driven adaptable morphing active-cooling elastomer with bioinspired bicontinuous phases.

Dehai Yu, Zhonghao Wang, Guidong Chi, Qiubo Zhang, Junxian Fu, Maolin Li, Chuanke Liu, Quan Zhou, Zhen Li, Du Chen and 2 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors.

Dehai Yu *Center for Agricultural Flexible Electronics Technology, College of Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100083, China.
Zhonghao Wang *Center for Agricultural Flexible Electronics Technology, College of Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100083, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0004-7227-3929
Guidong ChiCenter for Agricultural Flexible Electronics Technology, College of Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100083, China.
Qiubo ZhangCenter for Agricultural Flexible Electronics Technology, College of Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100083, China.
Junxian FuCenter for Agricultural Flexible Electronics Technology, College of Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100083, China.
Maolin LiCenter for Agricultural Flexible Electronics Technology, College of Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100083, China.
Chuanke LiuCenter for Agricultural Flexible Electronics Technology, College of Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100083, China.
Quan ZhouCenter for Agricultural Flexible Electronics Technology, College of Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100083, China.
Zhen LiCenter for Agricultural Flexible Electronics Technology, College of Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100083, China.
Du ChenCenter for Agricultural Flexible Electronics Technology, College of Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100083, China.
Zhenghe SongCenter for Agricultural Flexible Electronics Technology, College of Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100083, China.
Zhizhu HeCenter for Agricultural Flexible Electronics Technology, College of Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100083, China. zzhe@cau.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8861-9964

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 52076213
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The active-cooling elastomer concept, originating from vascular thermoregulation for soft biological tissue, is expected to develop an effective heat dissipation method for human skin, flexible electronics, and soft robots due to the desired interface mechanical compliance. However, its low thermal conduction and poor adaptation limit its cooling effects. Inspired by the bone structure, this work reports a simple yet versatile method of fabricating arbitrary-geometry liquid metal skeleton-based elastomer with bicontinuous Gyroid-shaped phases, exhibiting high thermal conductivity (up to 27.1 W/mK) and stretchability (strain limit >600%). Enlightened by the vasodilation principle for blood flow regulation, we also establish a hydraulic-driven conformal morphing strategy for better thermoregulation by modulating the hydraulic pressure of channels to adapt the complicated shape with large surface roughness (even a concave body). The liquid metal active-cooling elastomer, integrated with the flexible thermoelectric device, is demonstrated with various applications in the soft gripper, thermal-energy harvesting, and head thermoregulation.

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