A team of researchers from TU Eindhoven developed an artificial skin that sweats on command.

Two years ago, Danqing Liu’s team demonstrated an artificial skin that could dispense liquid evenly. Now, the team has further developed this concept into an artificial skin for which they can control where the skin secretes fluid with an accuracy of a few micrometers. In addition, they can use external stimuli to determine how long the skin gives off liquid, where the liquid collects and when the skin absorbs the liquid again. They published their findings in Angewandte Chemie.