Self-Healing Flexible Conductive Film by Repairing Defects via Flowable Liquid Metal Droplets
Self-healing flexible conductive films have been fabricated, evaluated, and applied. The film is composed of a fragile indium tin oxide (ITO) layer covered with sprayed liquid metal (LM) droplets. Self-healing of electrical conductivity is achieved via spontaneous capillary wicking of LM droplets in...
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| author | Ruiwen Niu Mingliang Jin Jieping Cao Zhibin Yan Jinwei Gao Hao Wu Guofu Zhou Lingling Shui |
| author_facet | Ruiwen Niu Mingliang Jin Jieping Cao Zhibin Yan Jinwei Gao Hao Wu Guofu Zhou Lingling Shui |
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| description | Self-healing flexible conductive films have been fabricated, evaluated, and applied. The film is composed of a fragile indium tin oxide (ITO) layer covered with sprayed liquid metal (LM) droplets. Self-healing of electrical conductivity is achieved via spontaneous capillary wicking of LM droplets into cracks/defects of the ITO film. The liquid metal adhering onto the ITO layer can also connect the ITO fragments during bending to keep the overall conductivity of the composite LM/ITO film stable. Stable and reversible electrowetting performance has been achieved with the composite LM/ITO as the conductive film, in either flat or curved states. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b0d666ccff16452b96a9a50aa6d016ab2022-12-21T18:18:17ZengMDPI AGMicromachines2072-666X2019-02-0110211310.3390/mi10020113mi10020113Self-Healing Flexible Conductive Film by Repairing Defects via Flowable Liquid Metal DropletsRuiwen Niu0Mingliang Jin1Jieping Cao2Zhibin Yan3Jinwei Gao4Hao Wu5Guofu Zhou6Lingling Shui7National Center for International Research on Green Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, ChinaNational Center for International Research on Green Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, ChinaNational Center for International Research on Green Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, ChinaNational Center for International Research on Green Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, ChinaNational Center for International Research on Green Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, ChinaNational Center for International Research on Green Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, ChinaNational Center for International Research on Green Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, ChinaNational Center for International Research on Green Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, ChinaSelf-healing flexible conductive films have been fabricated, evaluated, and applied. The film is composed of a fragile indium tin oxide (ITO) layer covered with sprayed liquid metal (LM) droplets. Self-healing of electrical conductivity is achieved via spontaneous capillary wicking of LM droplets into cracks/defects of the ITO film. The liquid metal adhering onto the ITO layer can also connect the ITO fragments during bending to keep the overall conductivity of the composite LM/ITO film stable. Stable and reversible electrowetting performance has been achieved with the composite LM/ITO as the conductive film, in either flat or curved states.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/10/2/113liquid metalconductive filmself-healingelectrowetting |
| spellingShingle | Ruiwen Niu Mingliang Jin Jieping Cao Zhibin Yan Jinwei Gao Hao Wu Guofu Zhou Lingling Shui Self-Healing Flexible Conductive Film by Repairing Defects via Flowable Liquid Metal Droplets Micromachines liquid metal conductive film self-healing electrowetting |
| title | Self-Healing Flexible Conductive Film by Repairing Defects via Flowable Liquid Metal Droplets |
| title_full | Self-Healing Flexible Conductive Film by Repairing Defects via Flowable Liquid Metal Droplets |
| title_fullStr | Self-Healing Flexible Conductive Film by Repairing Defects via Flowable Liquid Metal Droplets |
| title_full_unstemmed | Self-Healing Flexible Conductive Film by Repairing Defects via Flowable Liquid Metal Droplets |
| title_short | Self-Healing Flexible Conductive Film by Repairing Defects via Flowable Liquid Metal Droplets |
| title_sort | self healing flexible conductive film by repairing defects via flowable liquid metal droplets |
| topic | liquid metal conductive film self-healing electrowetting |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/10/2/113 |
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