Liquid Manufacturing Created Adhesive from Chaos

Oct-20-19 A new material created by harnessing liquid-driven chaos can stick to just about any surface, paving the way to a new generation of soft nanomaterials.

The material was created by a team from North Carolina State University using ‘liquid manufacturing,’ which involves dissolving the polymer and mixing it with another liquid to create branched particles. According to the team, rapidly mixing the turbulent flow creates branched particles that form an organized structure. The thinnest branches of the particles create a corona of nanofibers that distribute their stickiness via van der Waals forces, resulting in an adhesive able to stick to almost anything.

The unique manufacturing process can be scaled up and works with many different types of polymers, offering a novel and affordable new method of making materials at the micro- and nanoscale.

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