A numerical study of the electromechanical response of liquid metal embedded elastomers

N Cohen, K Bhattacharya - International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 2019 - Elsevier
Liquid metal embedded elastomers (LMEE) are soft, stretchable materials that become
conductive upon application of a compressive force. The conductance stems from the …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling electromechanical coupling of liquid metal embedded elastomers while accounting stochasticity in 3D percolation

Y Zhao, P Khandagale, C Majidi - Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2021 - Elsevier
Liquid metal embedded elastomers (LMEEs) have attracted interest from researchers on
account of their combination of low elastic modulus, high flexibility, and tunable electrical …

Network topologies dictate electromechanical coupling in liquid metal–elastomer composites

N Zolfaghari, P Khandagale, MJ Ford, K Dayal… - Soft Matter, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Elastomers embedded with micro-and nanoscale droplets of liquid metal (LM) alloys like
eutectic gallium–indium (EGaIn) can exhibit unique combinations of elastic, thermal, and …

Liquid metal-filled magnetorheological elastomer with positive piezoconductivity

G Yun, SY Tang, S Sun, D Yuan, Q Zhao… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Conductive elastic composites have been used widely in soft electronics and soft robotics.
These composites are typically a mixture of conductive fillers within elastomeric substrates …

[HTML][HTML] A soft sandwich structure enables voltage-induced actuation of liquid metal embedded elastomers

Y Wang, G Sun, J Yang, L Zhang, J Zhou - AIP Advances, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Dispersing liquid metal droplets in a soft elastomer matrix yields a composite, called liquid
metal embedded elastomer (LMEE), with less modified stiffness but noticeably increased …

[HTML][HTML] Analytical and experimental studies of the improved conductance-stability and stretchability of the liquid metal-embedded composites based on novel …

J Li, X Wang, S Guo, J Qi, S Chen, Y Luo… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Stretchable and conductance-stable composites are critical for progress in flexible
electronics. Tremendous efforts have focused on engineering electrical conductors from …

A liquid‐metal–elastomer nanocomposite for stretchable dielectric materials

C Pan, EJ Markvicka, MH Malakooti, J Yan… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Stretchable high‐dielectric‐constant materials are crucial for electronic applications in
emerging domains such as wearable computing and soft robotics. While previous efforts …

Stretchable and recyclable liquid metal droplets embedded elastomer composite with high mechanically sensitive conductivity

X He, J Wu, S Xuan, S Sun, X Gong - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Liquid metal (LM)-based elastomers have received growing interest for a wide range of
applications such as soft robotics and flexible electronics. This work reports a stretchable …

Intrinsically Conductive Liquid Metal‐Elastomer Composites for Stretchable and Flexible Electronics

K Schlingman, GM D'Amaral… - Advanced Materials …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Liquid metal‐embedded elastomers (LMEEs) are a class of deformable composites made of
particles of liquid metal dispersed in an elastomeric matrix. Although these composites …

A highly stretchable and sintering-free liquid metal composite conductor enabled by ferrofluid

M Peng, B Ma, G Li, Y Liu, Y Zhang, X Ma… - Soft …, 2023 - researchers.mq.edu.au
Stretchable and highly conductive elastomers with intrinsically deformable liquid metal (LM)
fillers exhibit promising potential in soft electronics, wearables, human-machine interfaces …