Functional fiber materials to smart fiber devices

C Chen, J Feng, J Li, Y Guo, X Shi, H Peng - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
The development of fiber materials has accompanied the evolution of human civilization for
centuries. Recent advances in materials science and chemistry offered fibers new …

Shaping a soft future: patterning liquid metals

J Ma, F Krisnadi, MH Vong, M Kong… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This review highlights the unique techniques for patterning liquid metals containing gallium
(eg, eutectic gallium indium, EGaIn). These techniques are enabled by two unique attributes …

Universal assembly of liquid metal particles in polymers enables elastic printed circuit board

W Lee, H Kim, I Kang, H Park, J Jung, H Lee, H Park… - Science, 2022 - science.org
An elastic printed circuit board (E-PCB) is a conductive framework used for the facile
assembly of system-level stretchable electronics. E-PCBs require elastic conductors that …

Three-dimensional flexible electronics using solidified liquid metal with regulated plasticity

G Li, M Zhang, S Liu, M Yuan, J Wu, M Yu, L Teng… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Liquid metals based on gallium alloy are of potential use in the development of soft and
stretchable electronics due to their intrinsic fluidity and high conductivity. However, it is …

Wafer-patterned, permeable, and stretchable liquid metal microelectrodes for implantable bioelectronics with chronic biocompatibility

Q Zhuang, K Yao, M Wu, Z Lei, F Chen, J Li, Q Mei… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Implantable bioelectronics provide unprecedented opportunities for real-time and
continuous monitoring of physiological signals of living bodies. Most bioelectronics adopt …

Permeable superelastic liquid-metal fibre mat enables biocompatible and monolithic stretchable electronics

Z Ma, Q Huang, Q Xu, Q Zhuang, X Zhao, Y Yang… - Nature Materials, 2021 - nature.com
Stretchable electronics find widespread uses in a variety of applications such as wearable
electronics, on-skin electronics, soft robotics and bioelectronics. Stretchable electronic …

Highly conductive and elastic nanomembrane for skin electronics

D Jung, C Lim, HJ Shim, Y Kim, C Park, J Jung, SI Han… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Skin electronics require stretchable conductors that satisfy metallike conductivity, high
stretchability, ultrathin thickness, and facile patternability, but achieving these characteristics …

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 …

MXene-reinforced liquid metal/polymer fibers via interface engineering for wearable multifunctional textiles

P Yi, H Zou, Y Yu, X Li, Z Li, G Deng, C Chen, M Fang… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Stretchable conductive fibers are an important component of wearable electronic textiles, but
often suffer from a decrease in conductivity upon stretching. The use of liquid metal (LM) …

Highly stretchable multilayer electronic circuits using biphasic gallium-indium

S Liu, DS Shah, R Kramer-Bottiglio - Nature Materials, 2021 - nature.com
Stretchable electronic circuits are critical for soft robots, wearable technologies and
biomedical applications. Development of sophisticated stretchable circuits requires new …