Just when you thought it could not get weirder, the researcher revealed that the slime behaves quite differently according to how you approach it. “When you touch it very quickly it behaves like a solid. When you touch it gently and slowly it behaves like a liquid,” Zhang said.
How is it made? It consists of a mixture of a polymer called polyvinyl alcohol, borax, and particles of neodymium magnet responsible for the attraction that leads to the slime's movements.The researcher does indicate that it could be used inside the human body . However, there is one danger with that and that is that the magnetic particles in the slime are toxic.To deal with this issue, Zhang and his team coated the slime in a layer of silica.
, in reality, it cannot serve any true purpose in the human body until its toxic qualities are completely removed.Magnetic miniature soft-bodied robots allow non-invasive access to restricted spaces and provide ideal solutions for minimally invasive surgery, micromanipulation, and targeted drug delivery. However, the existing elastomer-based and fluid-based magnetically actuated miniature soft robots have limitations.
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