Harvard Develops Smart Metafluid with Customizable Viscosity and Transparency
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Harvard researchers created a "metafluid" that can change properties like viscosity and transparency when pressure is applied.
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The metafluid uses tiny deformable capsules suspended in liquid that collapse under pressure.
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This allows the metafluid to have tunable viscosity, compressibility, and optical properties.
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Researchers demonstrated potential applications in robotics, optics, and energy dissipation.
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The metafluid can transition between Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluid states based on pressure.