Gallium-Based Room-Temperature Liquid Metals: Actuation and Manipulation of Droplets and Flows

Gallium-based room-temperature liquid metals possess extremely valuable properties, such as low toxicity, low vapor pressure, and high thermal and electrical conductivity enabling them to become suitable substitutes for mercury and beyond in wide range of applications. When exposed to air, a native...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Leily Majidi, Dmitry Gritsenko, Jie Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering
Subjects:
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmech.2017.00009/full