Abstract:

Functional soft matter material is a kind of soft matter which can perform special functions under appropriate stimulations. Functional soft matter materials have broad applications especially in intelligent control, and become a hot topic in soft matter research area. In this article, we mainly introduced four typical functional soft matter materials: liquid crystal, functional membrane, hydrogel and PDMS composites, as well as some specific applications of the PDMS composites in microfluidic control.

Key words: soft matter, functional material, PDMS composite, microfluidic control