Sha** a soft future: patterning liquid metals

J Ma, F Krisnadi, MH Vong, M Kong… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This review highlights the unique techniques for patterning liquid metals containing gallium
(eg, eutectic gallium indium, EGaIn). These techniques are enabled by two unique attributes …

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 …

Liquid‐metal‐assisted programmed galvanic engineering of core–shell nanohybrids for microwave absorption

B Zhao, Y Du, H Lv, Z Yan, H Jian… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Core–shell nanostructures have received widespread attention because of their potential
usage in various technological and scientific fields. However, they still face significant …

Chemical scissor–mediated structural editing of layered transition metal carbides

H Ding, Y Li, M Li, K Chen, K Liang, G Chen, J Lu… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Intercalated layered materials offer distinctive properties and serve as precursors for
important two-dimensional (2D) materials. However, intercalation of non–van der Waals …

Liquid metal for high-entropy alloy nanoparticles synthesis

G Cao, J Liang, Z Guo, K Yang, G Wang, H Wang… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
High-entropy alloy nanoparticles (HEA-NPs) show great potential as functional materials,–.
However, thus far, the realized high-entropy alloys have been restricted to palettes of similar …

Liquid metal-based soft, hermetic, and wireless-communicable seals for stretchable systems

Q Shen, M Jiang, R Wang, K Song, MH Vong, W Jung… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Soft materials tend to be highly permeable to gases, making it difficult to create stretchable
hermetic seals. With the integration of spacers, we demonstrate the use of liquid metals …

Eutectics: formation, properties, and applications

D Yu, Z Xue, T Mu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Various eutectic systems have been proposed and studied over the past few decades. Most
of the studies have focused on three typical types of eutectics: eutectic metals, eutectic salts …

Electronic modulation of non‐van der Waals 2D electrocatalysts for efficient energy conversion

H Wang, J Chen, Y Lin, X Wang, J Li, Y Li… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The exploration of efficient electrocatalysts for energy conversion is important for green
energy development. Owing to their high surface areas and unusual electronic structure, 2D …

Gallium liquid metal: nanotoolbox for antimicrobial applications

VK Truong, A Hayles, R Bright, TQ Luu, MD Dickey… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The proliferation of drug resistance in microbial pathogens poses a significant threat to
human health. Hence, treatment measures are essential to surmount this growing problem …

Emerging MoS2 Wafer-Scale Technique for Integrated Circuits

Z Ye, C Tan, X Huang, Y Ouyang, L Yang, Z Wang… - Nano-micro letters, 2023 - Springer
As an outstanding representative of layered materials, molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) has
excellent physical properties, such as high carrier mobility, stability, and abundance on …