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 …
variety of engineering and biomedical applications. Particularly, fluid-based soft robots, such …
Reconfigurable Liquid‐Bodied Miniature Machines: Magnetic Control and Microrobotic Applications
Soft miniature machines demonstrate multimodal actuation and morphology change
capabilities in narrow spaces smaller than their dimension. The wirelessly controlled soft …
capabilities in narrow spaces smaller than their dimension. The wirelessly controlled soft …
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 …
to their extraordinary properties. The most intriguing properties of liquid metals are high …
Circuits and antennas incorporating gallium-based liquid metal
This article reviews the application and technology advancement of gallium (Ga)-based
liquid metal (LM) in high-frequency circuits and antennas. It discusses the material …
liquid metal (LM) in high-frequency circuits and antennas. It discusses the material …
[HTML][HTML] Liquid metals as soft electromechanical actuators
Leveraging the unique properties of liquids, such as surface tension, capillary action,
reconfigurability, nearly unlimited stretchability, and viscosity has enabled the development …
reconfigurability, nearly unlimited stretchability, and viscosity has enabled the development …
Fluid pumping by liquid metal droplet utilizing ac electric field
We report a unique phenomenon in which liquid metal droplets (LMDs) under a pure ac
electric field pump fluid. Unlike the directional pumping that occurs upon reversing the …
electric field pump fluid. Unlike the directional pumping that occurs upon reversing the …
DC electric field-driven heartbeat phenomenon of gallium-based liquid metal on a floating electrode
The heart beating phenomenon of room temperature liquid metal (LM) mercury has attracted
much attention in the past years, but its research and application are limited because of the …
much attention in the past years, but its research and application are limited because of the …
Droplet transportation by adjusting the temporal phase shift of surface acoustic waves in the exciter–exciter mode
Droplet actuation using Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) technology has been widely
employed in 'lab-on-a-chip'applications, such as for on-chip Polymerase Chain Reactions …
employed in 'lab-on-a-chip'applications, such as for on-chip Polymerase Chain Reactions …
Pumping of electrolyte with mobile liquid metal droplets driven by continuous electrowetting: A full‐scaled simulation study considering surface‐coupled …
With the excellent merits of both solid conductors and rheological fluids, liquid metal (LM)
provides new opportunities to serve as flexible building blocks of miniaturized electronic and …
provides new opportunities to serve as flexible building blocks of miniaturized electronic and …
Bioinspired Liquid Metal based Soft Humanoid Robots
N Li, X Yuan, Y Li, G Zhang, Q Yang, Y Zhou… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The pursuit of constructing humanoid robots to replicate the anatomical structures and
capabilities of human beings has been a long‐standing significant undertaking and …
capabilities of human beings has been a long‐standing significant undertaking and …