journal article·2025-12Open access

Magneto‐Responsive Photonic Liquid Gate with Color‐Indicated Gas Transport Switching Threshold

Liting Pan, Shijie Yu, Zemin Chen, Yina Jiang, Yunmao Zhang, Jing Liu, Xu Hou

Advanced Functional Materials· Volume 35· Issue 49

Abstract

Abstract Liquid gates, which combine the characteristics of both solid and liquid materials, possess unique advantages of reconfigurable interfaces, dynamic responsiveness, and adaptability, demonstrating great promise for various practical applications. Currently, a major challenge for liquid gates is the observation of their switching behavior in real‐time and in situ, which directly limits the applicability across various scenarios. Here, a magneto‐responsive photonic liquid gate is developed to enable instantaneous, in situ monitoring of gas transport switching threshold through dynamic structural color changes. By leveraging particle reconfiguration within confined magnetic colloidal suspensions, both the interfacial mechanical properties and diffracted light are simultaneously tuned by the magnetic field, creating a direct correspondence between the gas transport switching thresholds and the observable color state of liquid gates. This visual system features responsive changes in both appearance and functionality, enabling real‐time modulation of gas release to be perceived with the naked eye. Furthermore, this material strategy, characterized by direct recognition, rapid predictability, and straightforward manipulation, opens new opportunities for visual chemical detection, dynamic fluid control, and multifunctional integrated systems.
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Research context

OpenAlex topics: Photonic Crystals and Applications · Photonic and Optical Devices · Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing

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Affiliations

Research Institute for Biomimetics and Soft Matter Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Soft Functional Materials Research College of Physical Science and Technology Xiamen University Xiamen 361005 China

State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen 361005 China

College of Materials Science and Engineering Huaqiao University Xiamen 361021 China

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China · China Postdoctoral Science Foundation · Higher Education Discipline Innovation Project · Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province

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