Confined Liquid Ensembles

✨ Confined Liquid Ensembles

Across biology, organisms move liquids within cavities, through networks, and along surfaces to accomplish an incredible diversity of optical and thermal energy-regulation activities. We’re working on translating these fluidic behaviors synthetically, hoping to demonstrate that a liquid-filled module can be generally configured through the design of its bulk geometry, surface composition, interfacial liquid-solid impedance difference, fluid chemistry, dispersion composition, and flow speed to dynamically manipulate nearly every important optical and thermal property. We imagine that designing the combination and operation of these modules may open an almost endless set of pathways for choreographing flows of light and heat. We hope to leverage these pathways for constructing new classes of energy regulation, harvesting, and storage technologies.

Contact: Raphael Kay