Materials simulating cilia

Scientists at the University of Southern Mississippi, USA have created a material that simulates the hair and hair structure of animals, made up of skin molecules that are sensitive to outside agents that help The body senses and collects environmental information to better adapt.

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Scientists use a process that has been used for many years to produce latex paint to create thin films based on copolymer-like hairs. Chemical components that enable these fibers to act as molecular sensors can react with temperature, chemicals, electromagnetic stimulation and ultraviolet radiation, are mobile, bend and expand in response to stimuli. In particular, this material also has the ability to fluoresce (can absorb, emit light and change color when reacting to ultraviolet rays).

This is an advanced functional material capable of applying to a multitude of future applications such as manufacturing biological sensors that can detect toxins, oxygen, drugs in the environment or test the level of security. full of air or water .