Liquid metal droplet dynamics

X Zhao, M Qiao, Y Zhou, J Liu - Droplet, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The unique properties to combine the dual merits of both liquids and metals together make
the gallium‐based liquid metal (LM) droplets a class of unconventional substitute which …

All-solution-processed ultraflexible wearable sensor enabled with universal trilayer structure for organic optoelectronic devices

L Sun, J Wang, H Matsui, S Lee, W Wang, S Guo… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
All-solution-processed organic optoelectronic devices can enable the large-scale
manufacture of ultrathin wearable electronics with integrated diverse functions. However, the …

Suspension 3D printing of liquid metal into self‐healing hydrogel

Y Yu, F Liu, R Zhang, J Liu - Advanced Materials Technologies, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
A new conceptual method termed as suspension 3D printing is demonstrated using self‐
healing hydrogel support to create macroscopic structures of liquid metal that exhibits …

Electrical, thermal, and species transport properties of liquid eutectic Ga-In and Ga-In-Sn from first principles

S Yu, M Kaviany - The Journal of chemical physics, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
Using ab initio molecular dynamics, the atomic structure and transport properties of eutectic
Ga-In and Ga-In-Sn are investigated. The Kubo-Greenwood (KG) and the Ziman-Faber (ZF) …

The force of impacting rain

D Soto, AB De Lariviere, X Boutillon, C Clanet, D Quéré - Soft matter, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Drop impacts are difficult to characterize due to their transient, non-stationary nature. We
discuss the force generated during such impacts, a key quantity for animals, plants, roofs or …

Atomized spraying of liquid metal droplets on desired substrate surfaces as a generalized way for ubiquitous printed electronics

Q Zhang, Y Gao, J Liu - Applied Physics A, 2014 - Springer
A direct electronics printing technique through atomized spraying for patterning room-
temperature liquid metal droplets on desired substrate surfaces is proposed and …

How an oxide layer influences the impact dynamics of Galinstan droplets on a superhydrophobic surface

J Du, X Wang, Y Li, Q Min - Langmuir, 2022 - ACS Publications
When exposed to air, gallium-based alloys rapidly form a thin oxide layer with viscoelasticity
and high adhesion. Although previous work demonstrated that an oxide layer inhibits liquid …

Self-peeling of impacting droplets

J de Ruiter, D Soto, KK Varanasi - Nature Physics, 2018 - nature.com
Whether an impacting droplet sticks or not to a solid surface has been conventionally
controlled by functionalizing the target surface,,,,,, or by using additives in the drop,. Here we …

Exploring electrochemical extrusion of wires from liquid metals

J Han, J Tang, SA Idrus-Saidi, MJ Christoe… - … applied materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Metal melt extrusion in gaseous or vacuum environments is a classical approach for forming
wires. However, such extrusions have not been investigated in ionic solutions. Here, we use …

[PDF][PDF] Liquid Metal Switches for Environmentally Responsive Electronics.

RA Bilodeau, DY Zemlyanov… - Advanced Materials …, 2017 - eng.yale.edu
DOI: 10.1002/admi. 201600913 providing a second system for non-mechanical liquid metal
manipulation. Zhang et al. fed aluminum chips to a galinstan droplet as fuel for self …