@article {837401,
	title = {Adaptive fluid-infused porous films with tunable transparency and wettability},
	journal = {Nature Materials},
	volume = {12},
	year = {2013},
	note = {The work was supported by the AFOSR MURI award FA9550-09-1-0669-DOD35CAP (optical properties) and the ONR MURI award N00014-12-1-0875 (wetting properties). We thank T. Blough for the help in stretcher design and fabrication. We also thank M. Kolle and J. Alvarenga for the help with the optical test. We acknowledge the use of the facilities at the Harvard Center for Nanoscale Systems supported by the NSF under award ECS-0335765.},
	pages = {529-534},
	abstract = {Materials that adapt dynamically to environmental changes are currently limited to two-state switching of single properties, and only a small number of strategies that may lead to materials with continuously adjustable characteristics have been reported1-3. Here we introduce adaptive surfaces made of a liquid film supported by a nanoporous elastic substrate. As the substrate deforms, the liquid flows within the pores causing the smooth and defect-free surface to roughen through a continuous range of topographies. We show that a graded mechanical stimulus can be directly translated into finely tuned, dynamic adjustments of optical transparency and wettability. In particular, we demonstrate simultaneous control of the film{\textquoteright}s transparency and its ability to continuously manipulate various low-surface-tension droplets from free-sliding to pinned. This strategy should make possible the rational design of tunable, multifunctional adaptive materials for a broad range of applications.},
	doi = {doi:10.1038/nmat3598},
	url = {http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:27417438},
	author = {X. Yao and Hu, Y. and Grinthal, A. and T.-S. Wong and L. Mahadevan and Aizenberg, J.}
}
