MTL News Archives for 2014

"Active" surfaces control what's on them


August 1, 2014

Researchers develop treated surfaces that can actively control how fluids or particles move.

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Photo shows a water droplet sitting on a ferrofluid-impregnated surface, which has cloaked the droplet with a very thin layer. Image courtesy of the researchers

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