Metafluid tunable springiness, optical, viscosity

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Harvard researchers develop first-of-its-kind metafluid with tunable springiness, optical properties, viscosity and even the ability to transition between Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluid

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Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a programmable metafluid with tunable springiness, optical properties, viscosity and even the ability to transition between a Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluid.

The first -of-its-kind liquid could be used in everything from hydraulic actuators to program robots, to intelligent shock absorbers that dissipate energy depending on the intensity of the impact.

The research was supported in part by the NSF through the Harvard University Materials Research Science and Engineering Center grant number DMR-2011754. It was co-authored by Bert Van Raemdonck , Yang Wang , Yi Yang , Anthony Caillaud , David Weitz , Shmuel Rubinstein and Benjamin Gorissen . Cutting-edge science delivered direct to your inbox. Join the Harvard SEAS mailing list..