Liquid metal–polymer conductor-based conformal cyborg devices

J Qi, S Yang, Y Jiang, J Cheng, S Wang, Q Rao… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Gallium-based liquid metal (LM) exhibits exceptional properties such as high conductivity
and biocompatibility, rendering it highly valuable for the development of conformal …

Composite hydrogels assembled from food-grade biopolymers: Fabrication, properties, and applications

DJ McClements - Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Biopolymer hydrogels have a broad range of applications as soft materials in a variety of
commercial products, including foods, cosmetics, agrochemicals, personal care products …

Universal assembly of liquid metal particles in polymers enables elastic printed circuit board

W Lee, H Kim, I Kang, H Park, J Jung, H Lee, H Park… - Science, 2022 - science.org
An elastic printed circuit board (E-PCB) is a conductive framework used for the facile
assembly of system-level stretchable electronics. E-PCBs require elastic conductors that …

Vascular smooth muscle-inspired architecture enables soft yet tough self-healing materials for durable capacitive strain-sensor

FY Sun, LF Liu, T Liu, XB Wang, Q Qi, ZS Hang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Catastrophically mechanical failure of soft self-healing materials is unavoidable due to their
inherently poor resistance to crack propagation. Here, with a model system, ie, soft self …

Microphase‐Separated Elastic and Ultrastretchable Ionogel for Reliable Ionic Skin with Multimodal Sensation

D Lv, X Li, X Huang, C Cao, L Ai, X Wang… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Bioinspired artificial skins integrated with reliable human‐machine interfaces and
stretchable electronic systems have attracted considerable attention. However, the current …

Pressure-stamped stretchable electronics using a nanofibre membrane containing semi-embedded liquid metal particles

S Zheng, X Wang, W Li, Z Liu, Q Li, F Yan - Nature Electronics, 2024 - nature.com
Stretchable electronic devices are of use in the development of bioelectronics, wearable
devices and healthcare monitoring. Liquid-metal-based stretchable devices are of particular …

Wet‐adhesive elastomer for liquid metal‐based conformal epidermal electronics

J Cheng, J Shang, S Yang, J Dou… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Wearable electronics are increasingly used in health monitoring and treatment in different
conditions. However, few devices can adhere conformally to the skin after sports and …

Elastic microphase separation produces robust bicontinuous materials

C Fernández-Rico, S Schreiber, H Oudich, C Lorenz… - Nature Materials, 2024 - nature.com
Bicontinuous microstructures are essential to the function of diverse natural and synthetic
systems. Their synthesis has been based on two approaches: arrested phase separation or …

High thermal conductivity in soft elastomers with elongated liquid metal inclusions

MD Bartlett, N Kazem, MJ Powell-Palm… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - pnas.org
Soft dielectric materials typically exhibit poor heat transfer properties due to the dynamics of
phonon transport, which constrain thermal conductivity (k) to decrease monotonically with …

Soft multifunctional composites and emulsions with liquid metals

N Kazem, T Hellebrekers, C Majidi - Advanced Materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Binary mixtures of liquid metal (LM) or low‐melting‐point alloy (LMPA) in an elastomeric or
fluidic carrier medium can exhibit unique combinations of electrical, thermal, and …