Liquid metal direct write and 3D printing: a review

TV Neumann, MD Dickey - Advanced Materials Technologies, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This review discusses methods, challenges, and opportunities for direct‐write and 3D
printing of low melting point, gallium‐based liquid metal alloys at room temperature. Alloys …

Emerging liquid metal biomaterials: From design to application

L Wang, R Lai, L Zhang, M Zeng, L Fu - Advanced Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Liquid metals (LMs) as emerging biomaterials possess unique advantages including their
favorable biosafety, high fluidity, and excellent electrical and thermal conductivities, thus …

Critical review on the physical properties of gallium-based liquid metals and selected pathways for their alteration

S Handschuh-Wang, FJ Stadler… - The Journal of Physical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Gallium-based liquid metals have gained plenty of attention in the scientific community due
to their extraordinary properties. The most intriguing properties of liquid metals are high …

Liquid metals in catalysis for energy applications

K Zuraiqi, A Zavabeti, FM Allioux, J Tang, CK Nguyen… - Joule, 2020 - cell.com
To keep up with the fast-paced transitioning of the global energy sector, which is constantly
thriving to enable reliable, economic, and sustainable energy production, catalysis research …

Reactive wetting enabled anchoring of non-wettable iron oxide in liquid metal for miniature soft robot

Y Shen, D **, M Fu, S Liu, Z Xu, Q Cao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Magnetic liquid metal (LM) soft robots attract considerable attentions because of distinctive
immiscibility, deformability and maneuverability. However, conventional LM composites …

Are contact angle measurements useful for oxide-coated liquid metals?

ID Joshipura, KA Persson, VK Truong, JH Oh, M Kong… - Langmuir, 2021 - ACS Publications
This work establishes that static contact angles for gallium-based liquid metals have no
utility despite the continued and common use of such angles in the literature. In the …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of oxygen content on melt pool dynamics in metal additive manufacturing: High-fidelity modeling with experimental validation

HY Chia, L Wang, W Yan - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
In the metal additive manufacturing process, the exposure to oxygen and its incorporation
into the melt pool are usually deemed unfavorable, but cannot be completely eliminated …

Intermetallic wetting enabled high resolution liquid metal patterning for 3D and flexible electronics

L Johnston, J Yang, J Han, K Kalantar-Zadeh… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Liquid metals, highly conductive and flowable metals, are increasingly becoming versatile
choices for soft electronics and wearable devices. High resolution liquid metal patterning …

Go with the flow: Rheological requirements for direct ink write printability

P Wei, C Cipriani, CM Hsieh, K Kamani… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The rapid development of additive manufacturing, also known as three-dimensional (3D)
printing, is driving innovations in both industry and academia. Direct ink writing (DIW), an …

Liquid metal flexible electronics: past, present, and future

S Chen, Z Cui, H Wang, X Wang, J Liu - Applied Physics Reviews, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Flexible electronics is one of the most overwhelming and promising technologies available
today, receiving widespread attention from both academia and industry. As it continues to …