Plant-inspired TransfOrigami microfluidics

• DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abo1719
• Publication Date: 2022-05-04T17:57:55Z
• Authors: Yi Pan; Zhenyu Yang; Chang Li; Sammer Ul Hassan; Ho Cheung Shum
• Keywords: Microsystem; Biomimetics

The healthy functioning of the plants' vasculature depends on their ability to respond environmental changes. In contrast, synthetic microfluidic systems have rarely demonstrated this responsiveness. Plants stimuli through nastic movement, which inspires us introduce transformable microfluidics: By embedding stimuli-responsive materials, device can temperature, humidity, and light irradiance. Furthermore, by designing a foldable geometry, these responsive movements follow preset origami transformation. We term TransfOrigami microfluidics (TOM) highlight close connection between its transformation structure. TOM be used as an environmentally adaptive photomicroreactor. It senses feeds them back positively into photosynthetic conversion morphological principle behind morphable microsystem potentially extended applications that require responsiveness environment devices, such dynamic artificial vascular networks shape-adaptive flexible electronics.