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 …

Self-healing liquid metal magnetic hydrogels for smart feedback sensors and high-performance electromagnetic shielding

B Zhao, Z Bai, H Lv, Z Yan, Y Du, X Guo, J Zhang… - Nano-Micro Letters, 2023 - Springer
Hydrogels exhibit potential applications in smart wearable devices because of their
exceptional sensitivity to various external stimuli. However, their applications are limited by …

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 …

A review of 3D printing technologies for soft polymer materials

LY Zhou, J Fu, Y He - Advanced Functional Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Soft polymer materials, which are similar to human tissues, have played critical roles in
modern interdisciplinary research. Compared with conventional methods, 3D printing allows …

3D printing of liquid‐metal‐in‐ceramic metamaterials for high‐efficient microwave absorption

R **ng, G Xu, N Qu, R Zhou, J Yang… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This work reports a gallium indium alloy (EGaIn)‐doped SiBOC ceramic that possesses a
unique liquid‐metal‐in‐ceramic feature. The low‐viscosity liquid nature of gallium‐based …

Liquid metal batteries for future energy storage

S Zhang, Y Liu, Q Fan, C Zhang, T Zhou… - Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The search for alternatives to traditional Li-ion batteries is a continuous quest for the
chemistry and materials science communities. One representative group is the family of …

Lignocellulose‐Mediated Functionalization of Liquid Metals toward the Frontiers of Multifunctional Materials

W Li, L Zhu, Y Xu, G Wang, T Xu, C Si - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Lignocellulose‐mediated liquid metal (LM) composites, as emerging functional materials,
show tremendous potential for a variety of applications. The abundant hydroxyl, carboxyl …

Gallium liquid metal: the devil's elixir

SY Tang, C Tabor, K Kalantar-Zadeh… - Annual Review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Gallium is a metal that literally melts in your hand. It has low toxicity, near-zero vapor
pressure, and a viscosity similar to water. Despite possessing a surface tension larger than …

Liquid metals: fundamentals and applications in chemistry

T Daeneke, K Khoshmanesh, N Mahmood… - Chemical Society …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Post-transition elements, together with zinc-group metals and their alloys belong to an
emerging class of materials with fascinating characteristics originating from their …