Stiffness tunable advanced materials have demonstrated their superiority and versatility in
diverse areas, while the global pursuit of reversible, intelligent, and fast response for …

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 …

Low-melting-point liquid metal convection is rapidly emerging as a high-performance heat
transfer technology in electronics thermal management and energy fields. The advantages …

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 …

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 …

Leveraging the unique properties of liquids, such as surface tension, capillary action,
reconfigurability, nearly unlimited stretchability, and viscosity has enabled the development …

Biotissues are intriguing systems that have long been imitated but never surpassed due to
their complex rhythms and undisclosed participation mechanisms of the interior aqueous …

Low melting point metals (LMPMs) represent a class of emerging multi-functional metal
materials with melting points below 300° C. As a novel branch of LMPM materials, the LMPM …

A high-performance flexible Al-air battery with liquid alloy-activated anode system is
developed for wearable electronics. By constructing activation interface composed of Ga–In …

Liquid metal has demonstrated an enormous potential for developing soft functional devices
and machines. However, current liquid metal enabled machines suffer from several issues …