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ArticleNature communications2025

Linear magnet with fluid-solid-switchable cells for flexible devices.

Qiyu Deng, Hengjia Zhu, Zhipeng Zhao, Hegeng Li, Ling Yang, Xinya Wu, Yiyuan Zhang, Peng Yu, Xin Tang, Wei Li and 2 more

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Qiyu DengDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, PR China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0862-1779
Hengjia ZhuDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, PR China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7727-8241
Zhipeng ZhaoDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, PR China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1748-0074
Hegeng LiDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, PR China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0522-747X
Ling YangDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, PR China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8532-2679
Xinya WuDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, PR China.
Yiyuan ZhangDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, PR China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1968-3836
Peng YuCenter for Complex Flows and Soft Matter Research, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, PR China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2073-7512
Xin TangCenter for Complex Flows and Soft Matter Research, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, PR China. tangx@sustech.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7004-8494
Wei LiDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, PR China. weli@connect.hku.hk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8286-9994
Xiaobo YinDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, PR China. xbyin@hku.hk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8344-9166
Liqiu WangDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, PR China. liqiu.wang@polyu.edu.hk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6514-4211

Funding

Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Hong Kong PolyU) SHS Chair Professor: P0045687
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adjusting magnetization orienting and conformal assembling of high-coercivity micro-magnets at the microscale remains challenging, despite long-standing demand for space-resolved magnetic modulation in various applications. Local magnetic modulation, including remagnetization or reassembly, typically requires high fields and temperatures to overcome the coercivity and stringent conditions while suffering from low assembly efficiency or poor spatial resolution. Here, we report a linear magnet composed of a hydrogel (alginate) matrix and precisely discrete phase-change-material (PCM, eicosane) cells containing micro-magnetic particles (NdFeB, ~5 µm). Moderate local laser heating (~40 °C) reversibly switches PCM from solid to fluid state thus relaxing particles' interfacial constraints inside the hydrogel matrix, overcoming the high-coercivity of magnetic assembly and allowing particles in cells to reorient under mild fields (≤30 mT). The linear magnet shows excellent discrete magnetization programmability (~150 µm) and stretchability (strain ~80%), enabling versatile functionalities such as conformal and patterned field generation, soft robotic actuation, flexible sensing, and interactive wearables with dynamically coded information.

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