Liquid metal droplets with high elasticity, mobility and mechanical robustness

Yuzhen Chen; Zhou Liu; Deyong Zhu; Stephan Handschuh-Wang; Suqing Liang; Jinbin Yang; Tiantian Kong; Xiaohu Zhou; Yizhen Liu; Xuechang Zhou

doi:10.1039/C7MH00065K

Liquid metal droplets with high elasticity, mobility and mechanical robustness†

Yuzhen Chen,‡^a Zhou Liu,‡^a Deyong Zhu,^a Stephan Handschuh-Wang,^a Suqing Liang,^a Jinbin Yang,

^a Tiantian Kong,^b Xiaohu Zhou,^a Yizhen Liu

^a and Xuechang Zhou

*^a

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^a College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, P. R. China
E-mail: xczhou@szu.edu.cn
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^b Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, P. R. China

Abstract

Non-stick, ultra-elastic liquid metal droplets were fabricated by coating polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) particles onto the surface of NaOH-treated liquid metal droplets. The liquid metal droplets consisted of a liquid metal core, a thin anti-oxidation layer to maintain the high surface tension of the liquid metal and a particle-interpenetrated shell to enhance the mobility of the droplet.

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Liquid metal droplets with high elasticity, mobility and mechanical robustness†

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