Controllable flow and manipulation of liquid metals

Y He, J You, MD Dickey, X Wang - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This review summarizes the controllable flow and manipulation of gallium‐based liquid
metals (eg, eutectic gallium indium, EGaIn). There are generally only a few ways to handle …

Consistent thermal conductivities of spring‐like structured polydimethylsiloxane composites under large deformation

Y Guo, S Wang, H Zhang, H Guo, MK He… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Flexible and highly thermally conductive materials with consistent thermal conductivity (λ)
during large deformation are urgently required to address the heat accumulation in flexible …

Recent advances in liquid metals for rechargeable batteries

H Ponnuru, I Marriam, I Rambukwella… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Liquid metals (LMs) with their unique properties are considered for a range of applications
such as energy storage, catalysis, electronics, and biomedical engineering. Recently, the …

Giant Decrease in Interfacial Energy of Liquid Metals by Native Oxides

W Jung, MH Vong, K Kwon, JU Kim… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Native oxides form on the surface of many metals. Here, using gallium‐based liquid metal
alloys, Johnson‐Kendall‐Roberts (JKR) measurements are employed to show that native …

Light-Induced Dynamic Manipulation of Liquid Metal Droplets in the Ambient Atmosphere

S Tan, X Han, Y Sun, P Guo, X Sun, Z Chai, L Jiang… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Dynamic manipulation of liquid metal (LM) droplets, a material combining metallicity and
fluidity, has recently revealed tremendous potential in develo** unconstrained …

Vibration‐Enabled Mobility of Liquid Metal

S Handschuh‐Wang, T Gan, T Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Directed liquid metal (gallium‐based) manipulation and actuation are paramount for copious
applications, including soft robotics, soft electronics, and targeted drug delivery. Although …

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 …

Suppressed Droplet Splashing on Positively Skewed Surfaces for High‐Efficiency Evaporation Cooling

Z Wang, X Liu, J Ji, Y Guo, Y Zhu, G Zhang, B Tong… - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Two types of functional surfaces with the same roughness but completely different surface
topographies are prepared, namely positively skewed surfaces filled with micropillar arrays …

Supramolecular metallic foams with ultrahigh specific strength and sustainable recyclability

X Yang, X Huang, X Qiu, Q Guo, X Zhang - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
Porous materials with ultrahigh specific strength are highly desirable for aerospace,
automotive and construction applications. However, because of the harsh processing of …

Liquid metal chameleon tongues: modulating surface tension and phase transition to enable bioinspired soft actuators

H Lu, M Zhao, Q Zhang, J Yang, Z Chen… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Leveraging the unique attributes of functional soft materials to generate force and
deformation, significant advancements in soft actuators are driving the evolution of smart …