Smart & Adaptive Surfaces

  • An 'optofluidic' facade for smarter, efficient buildings

    Kay, R.; Jakubiec, J. A.; Katrycz, C.; Hatton, B. D. Multilayered optofluidics for sustainable buildings. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) 2023, 120(6), e2210351120.

  • A bio-inspired, active shading, using injected pigment fluids

    Kay, R.; Katrycz, C.; Nitièma, K.; Jakubiec, J. A.; Hatton, B. D. Decapod-inspired pigment modulation for active building facades. Nature Communications 2022, 13(1), 1-13.

  • Controlling bubble morphology in confined layers

    Kay, R.; Nitièma, K.; Katrycz, C.; Jakubiec, J. A.; Hoban, N.; Hatton, B. D. Shape-programmable fluid bubbles for responsive building skins. J. Building Engineering 2021, 48, 103942.

  • Active, magnetic control of droplets on a surface

    Wang, W.; Timonen, J. V. I.; Carlson, A.; Grinthal, A.; Kolle, S.; Wong, T. S.; Hatton, B. D.; Kang, S. H.; Kennedy, S.; Chi, J.; Blough, R. T.; Mahadevan, L.; Aizenberg, J., Multifunctional Ferrofluid-Infused Structured Surfaces with Dynamically Reconfigurable Multiscale Topography. Nature 2018, 559 (7712), 77.

  • Fluidic layer for thermal regulation of windows

    Hatton, B. D.; Wheeldon, I.; Hancock, M. J.; Kolle, M.; Aizenberg, J.; Ingber, D. E. An artificial vasculature for adaptive thermal control of windows. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 2013, 117, 429.