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Back Cover: Magnetic Actuation of Drops and Liquid Marbles Using a Deformable Paramagnetic Liquid Substrate (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 52/2017)
Author(s) -
Vialetto Jacopo,
Hayakawa Masayuki,
Kavokine Nikita,
Takinoue Masahiro,
Varanakkottu Subramanyan Namboodiri,
Rudiuk Sergii,
Anyfantakis Manos,
Morel Mathieu,
Baigl Damien
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201712232
Subject(s) - substrate (aquarium) , paramagnetism , materials science , magnet , deformation (meteorology) , layer (electronics) , composite material , condensed matter physics , physics , mechanical engineering , geology , engineering , oceanography
Like the flow of water from a fountain, the local deformation of a paramagnetic substrate enables the gravity‐driven transport of a liquid. In their Communication on page 16565 ff., D. Baigl et al. show that, using a magnet, the deformation of the substrate (illustrated by the deformed text) allows the manipulation of drops and liquid marbles (the dots of the letters “i”). This method does not rely on magnetosensitive particles and can be used with most conventional liquids, such as water or oil.