Scientists design adaptive material with tunable transparency and wettability; applications in pipelines, textiles, optical systems
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APRIL 8, 2013
A team of researchers at the Wyss Institute at Harvard University and Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have designed a new kind of adaptive material with tunable transparency and wettability features. As shown in the diagram, when stretched, the material confers the ability to reversibly “pin” droplets of water.
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