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 …

Liquid metal smart materials toward soft robotics

S Chen, HZ Wang, TY Liu, J Liu - Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Unlike conventional rigid machines, soft robots generally have unique operation styles that
rely heavily on soft matter engineering and smart material systems. Owing to the superior …

Magnetically propelled fish‐like nanoswimmers

T Li, J Li, H Zhang, X Chang, W Song, Y Hu, G Shao… - Small, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The swimming locomotion of fish involves a complex interplay between a deformable body
and induced flow in the surrounding fluid. While innovative robotic devices, inspired by …

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 …

Transformable soft liquid metal micro/nanomaterials

M Zhang, S Yao, W Rao, J Liu - Materials Science and Engineering: R …, 2019 - Elsevier
Liquid metal is a liquid-state metallic material with a low melting point at or around room
temperature. Owing to their high thermal or electrical conductivity, low viscosity and superior …

Interfacial tension modulation of liquid metal via electrochemical oxidation

M Song, KE Daniels, A Kiani… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, this progress report summarizes recent studies of electrochemical oxidation to
modulate the interfacial tension of gallium‐based alloys. These liquid alloys have the largest …

Liquid metal transformable machines

H Wang, S Chen, B Yuan, J Liu… - Accounts of Materials …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Conventional robots can accomplish defined tasks but often encounter troubles
when handling irregular objects under unstructured environments. Soft robots, with …

Surface tension of liquid metal: role, mechanism and application

X Zhao, S Xu, J Liu - Frontiers in Energy, 2017 - Springer
Surface tension plays a core role in dominating various surface and interface phenomena.
For liquid metals with high melting temperature, a profound understanding of the behaviors …

Liquid metal biomaterials: a newly emerging area to tackle modern biomedical challenges

L Yi, J Liu - International Materials Reviews, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Conventional biomaterials, such as metals, polymers, composites and ceramics, may not
work well when facing certain tough medical challenges. As an alternative, body …

Liquid metal enabled injectable biomedical technologies and applications

X Sun, B Yuan, L Sheng, W Rao, J Liu - Applied Materials Today, 2020 - Elsevier
Liquid metals are arousing increasing interests among many challenging biomedical and
healthcare areas, owing to their exceptional merits such as outstanding fluidic behavior …