Gallium-based liquid metal materials for antimicrobial applications

CC Qu, YT Liang, XQ Wang, S Gao, ZZ He, XY Sun - Bioengineering, 2022 - mdpi.com
The hazards caused by drug-resistant bacteria are rocketing along with the indiscriminate
use of antibiotics. The development of new non-antibiotic antibacterial drugs is urgent. The …

Self-healing polydimethylsiloxane antifouling coatings based on zwitterionic polyethylenimine-functionalized gallium nanodroplets

B He, Y Du, B Wang, X Zhao, S Liu, Q Ye… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
There is an urgent need to develop effective and eco-friendly nanostructured coatings for
marine antifouling to replace traditional coatings, while ensuring they do not lead to …

Synergistic mixture of Eupatorium Adenophora Spreng stems extract/KI as an efficient inhibitor for the corrosion of steel in H2SO4

H Wang, S Deng, J Xu, D Xu, D Shao, G Du… - Journal of Industrial and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The synergistic inhibition effect of Eupatorium Adenophora Spreng stems extract (EASSE)
with KI on the corrosion of cold rolled steel (CRS) in 0.50 MH 2 SO 4 medium was examined …

Synergistic dispersion and tribo‐film formation of liquid metal@ graphene oxide/epoxy coating: Toward improved mechanical and anti‐wear properties

Y Nie, X Zhou, L Dong, Z Wang, X Feng… - Polymer …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A series of epoxy composite coatings filled with liquid metal (LM) and graphene oxide (GO)
are successfully prepared as the self‐lubricating material in this work. The dispersion of LM …

Anti-corrosive non-aqueous DBSA/MEA lamellar liquid crystal lubrication system

T Wang, C Song, W Pan, Z Xu, L Fan, Y Hu… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Hypothesis Since lamellar liquid crystals (LLCS) could be used for lubrication, many LLCS
systems have been constructed to improve lubrication performance. However, most studies …

Surfactant assisted and in situ formed micro liquid metal as excellent lubricant additive in polyimide coating

L Dong, J Wu, D Cao, X Feng, J Zhu, X Lu, L Mu - Tribology International, 2021 - Elsevier
Liquid metal (LM) can be well distributed in polyimide (PI) coatings by ultrasonic shear into 1–
2 μm diameter. The LM incorporated PI (PI-LM) coatings show remarkably enhanced …

Enhancing wear resistance and mechanical property of epoxy coating via “roller wheel” liquid metal‐MXene

S Zheng, Y Nie, Z Wang, X Feng, J Zhu… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This work presents a design of a unique “roller wheel” structure combining rigid MXene and
flexible liquid metal (LM), aiming to construct an epoxy composite coating with simultaneous …

Anticorrosion with green ionic liquids additives

D Wang, Y Liu - Smart Anticorrosive Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Ionic liquids have good corrosion resistance and attracted more and more attention in recent
years. However, in the research and application of ionic liquids, especially in dynamic …

Research on anti-corrosion graphene coatings with promising properties

H Yang, J Chen, MY Zhu, FJ Zhang, Q Hu… - Journal of the Korean …, 2024 - Springer
In order to investigate the effect of graphene content on coating properties, in the research,
uniformly dispersed graphene powder was added to the epoxy resin system, preparing …