Surface chemistry of gallium-based liquid metals

Y Ding, M Zeng, L Fu - Matter, 2020 - cell.com
The surface of liquid metals plays a critical role in establishing thermodynamic equilibria
(both mass and energy) at the interface between liquid metal and air. The exploration on the …

Gallium-based liquid metal particles for therapeutics

W Xie, FM Allioux, JZ Ou, E Miyako, SY Tang… - Trends in …, 2021 - cell.com
Gallium (Ga) and Ga-based liquid metal (LM) alloys offer low toxicity, excellent electrical and
thermal conductivities, and fluidity at or near room temperature. Ga-based LM particles …

Preparations, characteristics and applications of the functional liquid metal materials

Q Wang, Y Yu, J Liu - Advanced Engineering Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
As new generation functional materials, the recently emerging low‐melting liquid metals
have displayed many unconventional properties superior to traditional materials. Various …

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 …

Liquid metal droplets enabled soft robots

L Zheng, S Handschuh‐Wang, Z Ye, B Wang - Applied Materials Today, 2022 - Elsevier
Soft robots have attracted significant interest due to their suitability for applications in a
variety of engineering and biomedical applications. Particularly, fluid-based soft robots, such …

Surface optics and color effects of liquid metal materials

L Duan, T Zhou, Y Zhang, J Zhao, H Zheng… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Liquid metals (LMs) are emerging as new functional materials with rather unique physical or
chemical behaviors. They are generally safe and nontoxic, have high boiling points …

Pulsing liquid alloys for nanomaterials synthesis

M Mayyas, M Mousavi, MB Ghasemian, R Abbasi… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Although it remains unexplored, the direct synthesis and expulsion of metals from alloys can
offer many opportunities. Here, such a phenomenon is realized electrochemically by …

Interfacial engineering of room temperature liquid metals

JH Fu, TY Liu, Y Cui, J Liu - Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Room temperature liquid metals (RTLMs), especially those made of gallium‐based alloys
belong to an emerging versatile material with fascinating characteristics derived from its …

Galvanic replacement of liquid metal/reduced graphene oxide frameworks

Y Wang, S Wang, H Chang… - Advanced Materials …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Galvanic replacement reaction has been widely concerned, where a variety of materials can
be nanostructured in different shapes. The galvanic replacement of gallium‐based liquid …

Analysis and Transformations of Room‐Temperature Liquid Metal Interfaces–A Closer Look through Interfacial Tension

S Handschuh‐Wang, Y Chen, L Zhu… - ChemPhysChem, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Room‐temperature gallium‐based liquid metals (eg Galinstan) are emerging materials for a
wide range of applications spanning from soft robotics to a medium for running chemical …