Camouflage and Display for Soft Machines

被引:670
作者
Morin, Stephen A. [1 ]
Shepherd, Robert F. [1 ]
Kwok, Sen Wai [1 ]
Stokes, Adam A. [1 ]
Nemiroski, Alex [1 ]
Whitesides, George M. [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Harvard Univ, Dept Chem & Chem Biol, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
[2] Harvard Univ, Wyss Inst Biologically Inspired Engn, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
关键词
CEPHALOPOD DYNAMIC CAMOUFLAGE; DISRUPTIVE COLORATION; EVOLUTION; VISION; CHROMATOPHORES; IRIDOPHORES; ORIGINS; LIGHT;
D O I
10.1126/science.1222149
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Synthetic systems cannot easily mimic the color-changing abilities of animals such as cephalopods. Soft machines-machines fabricated from soft polymers and flexible reinforcing sheets-are rapidly increasing in functionality. This manuscript describes simple microfluidic networks that can change the color, contrast, pattern, apparent shape, luminescence, and surface temperature of soft machines for camouflage and display. The color of these microfluidic networks can be changed simultaneously in the visible and infrared-a capability that organisms do not have. These strategies begin to imitate the functions, although not the anatomies, of color-changing animals.
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页码:828 / 832
页数:5
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