Wetting of Auxetic Metamaterials
Lead Research Organisation:
Sheffield Hallam University
Department Name: College of Business, Technology & Eng
Abstract
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Publications
Armstrong S
(2023)
Wetting transitions on superhydrophobic auxetic metamaterials
in Applied Physics Letters
McHale G
(2023)
Superhydrophobicity of Auxetic Metamaterials
McHale G
(2024)
Transforming Auxetic Metamaterials into Superhydrophobic Surfaces
in Small Structures
| Description | We have analytically modelled surfaces with a specific honeycomb geometry and demonstrated through modelling the wetting response of the surface under strain. We have shown that a negative Poisson's ratio (auxetic) mechanical metamaterial, one which when stretched also expands in the orthogonal lateral direction, displays a unique dependence of the superhydrophobicity on tensile strain as the space between solid elements of the auxetic lattice expands (DOI: 10.1002/sstr.202300458). We also demonstrated the metamaterial lattice is penetrated by a liquid when its strain state is changed (doi: 10.1063/5.0173464). This work has informed the experimental programme being undertaken by our collaborators at Edinburgh University, which has experimentally confirmed our analytical model predictions. We have extended the micromechanical modelling work (above) to a macromechanical approach, where the wetting response with strain is purely dependent on the effective mechanical properties and knowledge of the initial solid fraction of the material. This is enabling us to broaden the predictive capability beyond the initial honeycomb lattice considered initially and, when coupled with an atlas of auxetic metamaterial structures we have also compiled, will enable surfaces with bespoke wetting properties to be designed, made and tested. We have also reconciled the surface of a natural system known to have interesting wetting responses with a known auxetic lattice structure, and are developing models for the strain-responsive wetting properties to drive the development of nature inspired wetting surfaces. |
| Exploitation Route | The principles we have discovered offer a new approach to designing superhydrophobic materials for self- cleaning surfaces, droplet transportation, droplet encapsulation and oil-water separation. We are opening up a new field at the intersection of wettability and mechanical metamaterials and it is likely our research will provide impetus for significant new academic activity and publications. We are already attracting preliminary interest, as a result of our dissemination activities in Years 2-4 of the project, from industry on the potential of strain responsive wetting of auxetic mechanical metamaterials. |
| Sectors | Aerospace Defence and Marine Agriculture Food and Drink Chemicals Environment Leisure Activities including Sports Recreation and Tourism Pharmaceuticals and Medical Biotechnology Transport |
| Description | As a result of the dissemination activities discussions have been held with companies in the sports apparel and aerospace sectors, and more broadly via the EPSRC UK Metamaterials+ Network. The immediate impact has been to raise awareness within these potential end users of the research leading to discussions that have potential to lead to further new avenues of research and development within the companies. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2024 |
| Sector | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Agriculture, Food and Drink,Education,Healthcare,Leisure Activities, including Sports, Recreation and Tourism,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology |
| Impact Types | Societal Economic |
| Description | Northumbria Auxetic Wetting Grant |
| Organisation | Northumbria University |
| Department | Department of Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Leadership of joint grant, and design, manufacture and testing of substrates, and conceptual and theoretical frameworks around wetting. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Knowledge and modelling of mechanical metamaterials. Please note collaboration began prior to grant starting as part of developing the proposal. |
| Impact | See other sections of Research Fish. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Schlumberger Cambridge Research Limited for Auxetic Wetting Grant |
| Organisation | Schlumberger Limited |
| Department | Schlumberger Cambridge Research |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | xxx |
| Collaborator Contribution | Project Meetings and Applications Advice. Please note this commenced prior to the award of the grant but was an integral part of discussions and preparations for the grant application. |
| Impact | See other sections of Research Fish |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | University of Edinburgh |
| Organisation | Northumbria University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The partnership is Sheffield Hallam University (EP/T025190/1) and University of Edinburgh/Northumbria University (EP/T025158/1). The Hallam team is providing design and modelling expertise in the mechanical and wetting response of auxetic metamaterials under strain. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Edinburgh team is providing fabrication and testing expertise in the mechanical and wetting response of auxetic metamaterials under strain. The Northumbria team is providing additional modelling expertise in the wetting response of materials. |
| Impact | This is the first year of a project establishing for the first time the link between novel auxetic materials and wetting behaviour. Consequently, at this stage the partnership has restricted research findings to within the team prior to planned publication of high impact 'first claim' paper supported by conference presentations in the second year. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | University of Edinburgh |
| Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
| Department | School of Engineering |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The partnership is Sheffield Hallam University (EP/T025190/1) and University of Edinburgh/Northumbria University (EP/T025158/1). The Hallam team is providing design and modelling expertise in the mechanical and wetting response of auxetic metamaterials under strain. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Edinburgh team is providing fabrication and testing expertise in the mechanical and wetting response of auxetic metamaterials under strain. The Northumbria team is providing additional modelling expertise in the wetting response of materials. |
| Impact | This is the first year of a project establishing for the first time the link between novel auxetic materials and wetting behaviour. Consequently, at this stage the partnership has restricted research findings to within the team prior to planned publication of high impact 'first claim' paper supported by conference presentations in the second year. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | 2021 - SOFI2, Durham, UK. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | 2021 - SOFI2, Durham, UK. 15 December 2021. Invited Research Seminar - "Strategies for Slippery Surfaces" (15/12/2021). Talk given by Glen McHale. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://soficdt.webspace.durham.ac.uk/ |
| Description | 2022 - NPE International Series Forum XIII (On-line). |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | International Forum on Nanotechnology & Precision Engineering (NPE) NPE International Series Forum XIII (On-line) 8/11/2022 Invited Research Talk - A Tale of Two Surfaces: How do we Make Surfaces Slippery to Liquids? 8/11/2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://aip.scitation.org/npe/info/webinar |
| Description | 2023 - APS DFD 76th Annual Meeting - Auxetics Topic 1 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 17. 2023 - APS DFD 76th Annual Meeting Washington DC, USA 19/11/2023-21/11/2023 Contributed Research Talk (Gary) - Superhydrophobicity of Auxetic Metamaterials 20/11/2023 Gary Wells |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.2023apsdfd.org/?_gl=1%2A1qsu8zd%2A_ga%2AMTE2NDkxMzY3LjE2OTY3ODIwNDI.%2A_ga_1CCM6YP0WF%2A... |
| Description | 2023 - APS DFD 76th Annual Meeting - Auxetics Topic 2 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 2023 - APS DFD 76th Annual Meeting - Auxetics Topic 2 Washington DC, USA 19/11/2023-21/11/2023 Contributed Research Poster (Rodrigo) - Wetting Transitions on an Auxetic Metamaterial 20/11/2023 Rodrigo Ledesma Aguilar |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.2023apsdfd.org/?_gl=1%2A1qsu8zd%2A_ga%2AMTE2NDkxMzY3LjE2OTY3ODIwNDI.%2A_ga_1CCM6YP0WF%2A... |
| Description | 2023 - EcoMat (Wiley) Webinar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 15. 2023 - EcoMat (Wiley) Webinar EcoMat (Wiley) Webinar Series (On-line) 25/10/2032 Invited Research Talk - Wetting of Auxetic Metamaterials 25/10/2023 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/25673173/homepage/ecomat-activities https://players.brightcove.net/3806881048001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6339897145112 Glen McHale |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://players.brightcove.net/3806881048001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6339897145112 |
| Description | 2023 - International Meeting on Wetting and Carbon Neutralisation (IMWCN 2023) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 2023 - International Meeting on Wetting and Carbon Neutralisation (IMWCN 2023) Queen Mary University, London 23/07/2023-28/07/2023 Invited Keynote Talk - Wetting of Auxetic Metamaterials 25/07/23 Glen McHale |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://meetwetting.org/ |
| Description | 2023 - UK Fluids Conference - Auxetic Concepts Topic 2 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 2023 - UK Fluids Conference - Auxetic Concepts Topic 2 Glasgow, UK 17/09/2023-19/09/2023 Contributed Research Poster (Wells PST-014) - Wetting Transitions on an Auxetic Metamaterial 19/09/23 Gary Wells |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.gla.ac.uk/events/conferences/ukfc2023/ |
| Description | 2023 - UK Fluids Conference - Auxetics Concepts Topic 1 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 2023 - UK Fluids Conference - Auxetics Concepts Topic 1 Glasgow, UK 17/09/2023-19/09/2023 Contributed Research Talk (Wells - SSD-017) - Superhydrophobicity of Auxetic Metamaterials 19/09/2023 Gary Wells |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.gla.ac.uk/events/conferences/ukfc2023/ |
| Description | 2023 - UK Metamaterials Network Workshop 2023 (Andy) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 2023 - UK Metamaterials Network Workshop 2023 Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK 04/09/2023-06/09/2023 Contributed Talk - Strain-responsive Wetting Properties of Bioinspired Auxetic Metasurfaces 6/09/23 Andrew Alderson |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://metamaterials.network/uk-metamaterials-network-international-conference-on-mechanical-metama... |
| Description | 2023 - UK Metamaterials Network Workshop 2023 (Steven) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 2023 - UK Metamaterials Network Workshop 2023 Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK 04/09/2023-06/09/2023 Contributed Talk - Superhydrophobicity and Wetting Transitions on an Auxetic Metamaterial1. 6/09/23 Steven Armstrong |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://metamaterials.network/uk-metamaterials-network-international-conference-on-mechanical-metama... |
| Description | 2024 - Bifurcations and Instabilities in Fluid Dynamics (BIFD) 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 2024 - Bifurcations and Instabilities in Fluid Dynamics (BIFD) 2024 Edinburgh, UK, 24/06/2024-28/06/2024 Contributed Research Talk - Transforming Auxetic Metamaterials into Superhydrophobic Surfaces 26/6/24 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://bifd2024.eng.ed.ac.uk/home |
| Description | 2024 - Ecomat Conference 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 2024 - Ecomat Conference 2024 Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK 8/07/2024-10/07/2024 Invited Talk - Transforming Auxetic Metamaterials into Superhydrophobic Surfaces 8/07/24 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | 2024 - International Youth Conference of Bionic Science and Engineering (IYCBSE) 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 2024 - International Youth Conference of Bionic Science and Engineering (IYCBSE) 2024 Nanjing, China 20/09/2024-22/09/2024 Invited Keynote Talk (On-line) - Transforming Auxetic Metamaterials into Superhydrophobic Surfaces 21/09/24 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | 2024 - McGill University Guest Lecture Seminar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | 2024 - McGill University Guest Lecture Seminar Department of Chemical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Canada 11/12/2024 Invited Research Talk - New Paradigms in Surfaces Slippery to Liquids 11/12/24 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | 2024 - Nature Inspired Surface Engineering (NISE) 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 2024 - Nature Inspired Surface Engineering (NISE) 2024 Granada, Spain 20/11/2024-22/11/2024 Contributed Research Talk - Transforming Auxetic Metamaterials into Superhydrophobic Surfaces 20/11/24 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | 2024 - SLB Eureka Webinar Guest Lecture Seminar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 2024 - SLB Eureka Webinar Guest Lecture Seminar SLB Chemistry and Materials Science Communities 2/4/2024 Invited Research Talk (Online) - New Paradigms in Surfaces Slippery to Liquids 2/04/24 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | 2024 - Toronto University Guest Lecture Seminar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | 2024 - Toronto University Guest Lecture Seminar Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Toronto University, Toronto, Canada 12/12/2024 Invited Research Talk - New Paradigms in Surfaces Slippery to Liquids 12/12/24 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | 75th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Oral presentation on "Wetting of auxetic metamaterials" to a key international conference for the research community addressing the impact of fluid dynamics research on global challenges. Purpose was to raise profile within the International network of academics, and raised a number of enquiries/questions on the day. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/DFD22/Session/A30.1 |
| Description | EPSRC Metamaterials Network Health Sandpit 17/4/24 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 30 participants attended a sandpit on health organised at the Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre at Sheffield Hallam University on behalf of the EPSRC UK Metamaterials Network (UKMMN). Prof Alderson co-organised the event and delivered a presentation (Overview of metamaterials research at Sheffield Hallam University / Auxetic mechanical metamaterials for personal protection) incorporating key outcomes from the Wetting of Auxetic Metamaterials project. There were questions and follow-on discussions which are being developed through further UKMMN events. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://metamaterials.network/metamaterials-for-health-sandpit-meeting-exercise/ |
| Description | EPSRC Metamaterials Network showcase |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Gave presentation on "Auxetic Materials Research at SHU" to a virtual mechanical metamaterials showcase run by the EPSRC-funded Metamaterials Network. Purpose was to raise profile within the UK network of academics and industrialists and raised a number of enquiries/questions on the day. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Elasticity Day 2023, University of Sheffield |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation given by Prof Alderson, titled "Wetting of auxetic metamaterials", to event hosted at the University of Sheffield. Discussions afterwards indicated interest in the developments being made in the current project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | End user (aerospace) - 11/10/24 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presentation as part of materials and engineering researchers from the university to delegates from an aerospace company exploring collaboration opportunities. Key outcomes from the Wetting of Auxetic Metamaterials project presented. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Invited seminar: Spring 2024 Aero & Astro Department Seminar series, University of Southampton |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited seminar entitled "Mechanical metamaterials: Cats, composites, sea creatures and shape-changers - what a racket!" delivered by Prof Andy Alderson to staff and postgraduate research students of the Aero & Astro Department, University of Southampton. Discussions afterwards inspired potential avenues for PhD research and future collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Metamaterials in the Real World - Industry Showcase 2024 - 6/12/24 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Demonstrator and snap presentation by Mandhani (Researcher) at annual showcase for industry and policy makers by the UK Metamaterials Network+, sparking significant discussion and potential leads for further interaction. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://metamaterials.network/metamaterials-in-the-real-world-industry-showcase-2024/ |
| Description | Physics lunchtime lecture - 15/10/24 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Prof Alderson at a weekly series of short talks for students in maths and physics from different fields with the intention of introducing students to interesting areas of science and research. Outcomes from the Wetting of Auxetic Metamaterials project presented and discussed. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Preston Street Primary School Science Fair (19/05/2023) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | On Friday 19th of May, 2023, Dr. Steven Armstrong and Dr. Hernán Barrio-Zhang took part in an outreach event representing the University of Edinburgh as judges of a science fair at the Preston Street Primary School. They judged over 50 P7 students' science projects, where the students had to choose a topic, formulate a hypothesis, perform the experiments, and draw scientific conclusions from the results. They interacted with the students directly and provided feedback on the science projects of the students. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Prospective international collaborator - 8/11/24 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation as part of materials and engineering researchers from the university to delegates from an overseas university exploring collaboration opportunities. Key outcomes from the Wetting of Auxetic Metamaterials project presented. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | School visit - 26/9/24 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Mandhani (Researcher) to year 5 students at Hartley Brook Primary School, Sheffield, which sparked keen interest in auxetic metamaterials and STEM more broadly within the students. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Second International Conference on Nature Inspired Surface Engineering - oral |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Oral presentation on "Wetting of auxetic metamaterials" to a key international conference for the surface engineering research community. Purpose was to raise profile within the International network of academics, and raised a number of enquiries/questions on the day. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://ameriscience.org/nise-2022/ |
| Description | Second International Conference on Nature Inspired Surface Engineering - poster |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Poster presentation on "Analytical models for the wettability of auxetic metamaterials" to a key international conference for the surface engineering research community. Purpose was to raise profile within the International network of academics, and raised a number of enquiries/questions on the day. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://ameriscience.org/nise-2022/ |
| Description | The University of Edinburgh PGR Conference public outreach (21/04/2023) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | On Friday, 21st of April, 2023, Dr. Steven Armstrong, Dr. Hernán Barrio-Zhang and members of the WISE lab organised an outreach event during School of Engineering Post-Graduate Conference hosted by the University of Edinburgh. Along with the participation from P7 students from the Preston Street Primary School, the outreach event consisted of a show-and-tell table where the group designed special experiments to highlight the research topics of the Institute of Multiscale Thermofluids and the importance of the research we perform. The experiments covered fundamental concepts of wetting and capillarity which were demonstrated though hydrophobic and ultra-smooth coatings such as Slippery Omniphobic Covalently Attached Liquid (SOCAL) surfaces, Slippery Liquid Infused Porous Surfaces (SLIPS), PEGylated surfaces and Glaco. This also included demonstrations on macro scale auxetic metamaterials with discussions on their wetting properties. The P7 students were tasked with going around the show-and-tell tables from the different institutes in the School of Engineering and voting for the ones that they learned from the most. Our group, the WISE lab, was voted as the best outreach table by the students. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | UK Fluids Conference 2022 - 1.2 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Oral presentation on "Wetting of auxetic metamaterials" to a key conference for the fluid mechanics research community. Abstract on page 38 of abstract book at URL below. Purpose was to raise profile within the UK network of academics and their international collaborators, and raised a number of enquiries/questions on the day. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VmXw6HDo0KSZ7Fb8q_qTaVMb0XOgo1hc/view |
| Description | UK Fluids Conference 2022 - 2/2 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Oral presentation on "Analytical models for the wettability of auxetic metamaterials" to a key conference for the fluid mechanics research community. Abstract on page 40of abstract book at URL below. Purpose was to raise profile within the UK network of academics and their international collaborators, and raised a number of enquiries/questions on the day. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VmXw6HDo0KSZ7Fb8q_qTaVMb0XOgo1hc/view |
| Description | UK Sports Engineering Seminar Day 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Gave invited presentation on "Smart Materials for Sports" to a one-day seminar for sports engineers run by the International Sports Engineering Association and hosted at Manchester Metropolitan University. Purpose was to raise profile within the sports engineering of researchers, academics and industrialists and raised a number of enquiries/questions on the day. Subsequent contact and request for further information from a company specific to the Wetting of Auxetic Metamaterials project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-sports-engineering-seminar-day-2022-tickets-301434397397 |