Smart eutectic gallium–indium: from properties to applications

Z Zhao, S Soni, T Lee, CA Nijhuis… - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Eutectic gallium–indium (EGaIn), a liquid metal with a melting point close to or
below room temperature, has attracted extensive attention in recent years due to its …

Engineering micropatterned dry adhesives: from contact theory to handling applications

R Hensel, K Moh, E Arzt - Advanced Functional Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Reversible adhesion is the key functionality to grip, place, and release objects
nondestructively. Inspired by nature, micropatterned dry adhesives are promising …

[HTML][HTML] Tunable terahertz filter/antenna-sensor using graphene-based metamaterials

M Esfandiyari, A Lalbakhsh, S Jarchi, M Ghaffari-Miab… - Materials & Design, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, a novel tunable graphene-based bandstop filter/antenna-sensor is presented.
This structure is an integrated module that can be used to combine filtering and high-gain …

Soft and stretchable liquid metal transmission lines as distributed probes of multimodal deformations

A Leber, C Dong, R Chandran, T Das Gupta… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Mechanical sensing is a key functionality in soft electronics intended for applications in
health monitoring, human–machine interactions and soft robotics. Current methods typically …

Recent developments in gecko-inspired dry adhesive surfaces from fabrication to application

X Li, D Tao, H Lu, P Bai, Z Liu, L Ma… - Surface Topography …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The gecko exhibits remarkably swift and reliable climbing ability on most surfaces in nature.
Numerous studies have been conducted to determine the underlying mechanisms of gecko …

Multifunctional strain-activated liquid–metal composite films with electromechanical decoupling for stretchable electromagnetic shielding

J Chen, X Chen, Y Su, B Shen, W Zheng - Materials Horizons, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The increasing miniaturization and intelligence of flexible electronic devices pose a
challenge to the facile and scalable fabrication of multifunctional stretchable electromagnetic …

Direct 3d printing of stretchable circuits via liquid metal co‐extrusion within thermoplastic filaments

MAH Khondoker, A Ostashek… - Advanced Engineering …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Liquid‐metal alloys are now extensively used for stretchable electronic applications due to
their superior electrical conductivity, non‐toxicity, and mechanical stability in micro …

Stretchable 3D wideband dipole antennas from mechanical assembly for on-body communication

J Zhu, Z Hu, S Zhang, X Zhang, H Zhou… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The development of wearable/stretchable electronics could largely benefit from advanced
stretchable antennas with excellent on-body performance upon mechanical deformations …

Recent advances in deformable circuit components with liquid metal

E Bury, S Chun, AS Koh - Advanced Electronic Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Deformable electronics, specifically those incorporating liquid metal, allow for previously
inaccessible mechanical behavior and exciting new technologies. This is demonstrated by …

Soft materials, stretchable mechanics, and optimized designs for body-wearable compliant antennas

YS Kim, A Basir, R Herbert, J Kim, H Yoo… - ACS applied materials …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Among the various methods to develop flexible wearable antennas, a serpentine, mesh
structure has been a great interest because of its mechanical reliability upon applied strain …