Liquid gating membrane

• 来源期刊: 国家科学评论（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2020,（1）
• 页码范围: 9-11
• 页数: 3页
• 语种: 英文
• DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwz197

摘要

The development of structural materials has brought impetus to every industrial revolution.The value and uses of structural materials follow primarily from their mechanical properties rather than their optical,electronic,magnetic or chemical properties.Conventionally thinking,structural materials are solid,with a fixed structure and good stability,which could include the materials response to an applied force.However,the notion of a liquid-state'Stargate'in the 1994 science fiction movie—a kind of fluid 'door'that distorts time and space [1]—inspires us to ask whether liquids can indeed be used as structural materials,such as responsive liquid gates (Fig.1).