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Smart Droplets: Simultaneous “Clean‐and‐Repair” of Surfaces Using Smart Droplets (Adv. Funct. Mater. 5/2019)
Author(s) -
Sathyan Ashlin,
Yang Zhefei,
Bai Ying,
Kim Hyunki,
Crosby Alfred J.,
Emrick Todd
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.201970026
Subject(s) - materials science , nanotechnology , smart material
In article number 1805219 , Todd Emrick and co‐workers describe smart droplets, inspired by biological processes associated with cell recognition and signaling, for locating and transporting particulate materials on damaged substrates. This “clean and repair” process, in which particles are picked up from pristine regions of substrates and dropped off into damaged regions, has the potential to simplify methodology for materials restoration on both small and large scales.