Untethered small-scale machines for microrobotic manipulation: From individual and multiple to collective machines

Q Wang, J Zhang, J Yu, J Lang, Z Lyu, Y Chen… - Acs Nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Untethered small-scale machines (USSMs) that can actively adjust their motion,
deformation, and collective states in response to external stimuli have gained enormous …

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 …

Coaxially printed magnetic mechanical electrical hybrid structures with actuation and sensing functionalities

Y Zhang, C Pan, P Liu, L Peng, Z Liu, Y Li… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Soft electromagnetic devices have great potential in soft robotics and biomedical
applications. However, existing soft-magneto-electrical devices would have limited hybrid …

Liquid crystal elastomer–liquid metal composite: ultrafast, untethered, and programmable actuation by induction heating

V Maurin, Y Chang, Q Ze, S Leanza, J Wang… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) are a class of stimuli‐responsive materials that have been
intensively studied for applications including artificial muscles, shape morphing structures …

Reconfigurable Liquid‐Bodied Miniature Machines: Magnetic Control and Microrobotic Applications

Q Wang, N **ang, J Lang, B Wang… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Soft miniature machines demonstrate multimodal actuation and morphology change
capabilities in narrow spaces smaller than their dimension. The wirelessly controlled soft …

Liquid metal assisted fabrication of MXene-based films: Toward superior electromagnetic interference shielding and thermal management

L Ran, X Ma, L Qiu, F Sun, L Zhao, L Yi, X Ji - Journal of Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The development of thin and flexible films that possess both electromagnetic interference
(EMI) shielding and thermal management capabilities has always been an intriguing pursuit …

Body-temperature softening electronic ink for additive manufacturing of transformative bioelectronics via direct writing

DA Kwon, S Lee, CY Kim, I Kang, S Park… - Science Advances, 2024 - science.org
Mechanically transformative electronic systems (TESs) built using gallium have emerged as
an innovative class of electronics due to their ability to switch between rigid and flexible …

Individual and collective manipulation of multifunctional bimodal droplets in three dimensions

M Sun, B Sun, M Park, S Yang, Y Wu, M Zhang… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Spatiotemporally controllable droplet manipulation is vital across numerous applications,
particularly in miniature droplet robots known for their exceptional deformability. Despite …

Liquid metal induced segregated-like electromagnetic shielding composites with excellent photothermal conversion and strain sensing capacities

L Qiu, W Han, Q Yu, Y Liu, B Chen, L Yi - Composites Science and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The development of multifunctional electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding materials
has garnered significant attention, yet achieving flexible composites that integrate EMI …

Liquid Metal Microdroplet‐Initiated Ultra‐Fast Polymerization of a Stimuli‐Responsive Hydrogel Composite

J Zhang, J Liao, Z Liu, R Zhang… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Recent advances in composite hydrogels achieve material enhancement or specialized
stimuli‐responsive functionalities by pairing with a functional filler. Liquid metals (LM) offer a …