Anjali Dhamsania1, William Mah2, Arjun Sivarajan3, John Ting4, Stephen Chung4, Elizabeth Carlson5
, Alex Wang2, 6, Gillian Lee,4
Bryan Huynh5, Anson Chen6
, Lillian Mueller5, Caius Kim7, Swarup Kumar Subudhi5, Beihan Zhao 5, Bhargav Sai Chava5 and Siddhartha Das5
1 Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD-20742, USA
2 Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD-20740, USA
3 Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD-20742, USA
4 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD-20742, USA
5 Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD-20742, USA
6 Department of Computer Science, University of Maryland, College Park, MD-20740, USA
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD-20742, USA
For more information about this article and related research, please contact Prof. Siddhartha Das
Abstract:
Developing materials that enable fabricating multifunctional devices has been the cornerstone of present-day materials science and engineering. Such multi-functionality makes these devices capable of novel applications ranging from energy, storage, health, and security, to sensing, therapeutics, and many more. In this review, we summarize the recent progress in the development of one such material capable of multifunctional device fabrication: physically soft and magnetic films and devices. These films and devices have two notable properties: first, they are magnetizable; second, they are physically soft and compliant. This review article points out the fabrication processes, characterization strategies, and different applications of such physically soft and magnetic films and devices and highlights the materials and resulting interactions harnessed to develop the inks that are used to fabricate these soft and magnetic films and devices. The applications of such physically soft magnetic films and devices range from driving the motion of microscale objects and triggering fluid flows and mixing in small channels to sensing, detection, and utilization in various biomedical technologies. Finally, we conclude by pointing out the potential of different future research endeavors in this topic.
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