Originating from the intrinsic metallic and liquid natures, gallium-based liquid metals (Ga-based LMs) have been greatly developed in the research of soft electronics, chemical synthesis, and other fields due to their fascinating characteristics. Meanwhile, the development and application of metal optics can help modern medicine and industry ...

LMs are metals and metal alloys (see Glossary) that have low melting points and thus are in the liquid form at near-room temperature [1].Ga and mercury (Hg) and their alloys are the most researched LMs, and between these two, Ga has a much lower toxicity [2].Ga-based LMPs (Box 1), especially eutectic gallium-indium (EGaIn) and gallium …

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 …

The primary thermal conductivity data for liquid copper, gallium, indium, iron, lead, nickel, and tin, shown in Tables 1 to to7 7 respectively, were employed in linear regression analyses to represent the thermal conductivity at 0.1 MPa, as a function of the temperature. A linear representation was adequate considering the uncertainties quoted ...

We report the synthesis of centimeter sized ultrathin GaN and InN. The synthesis relies on the ammonolysis of liquid metal derived two-dimensional (2D) oxide sheets that were squeeze-transferred onto desired substrates. Wurtzite GaN nanosheets featured typical thicknesses of 1.3 nm, an optical bandgap of 3.5 eV and a carrier mobility of 21.5 cm2 …

Effect of electric field on the wetting behavior of eutectic gallium-indium alloys in aqueous environment. J. Electron. Mater., 47 (2018), pp. 2782-2790. CrossRef View in Scopus Google ... Control of gallium oxide growth on liquid metal eutectic gallium/indium nanoparticles via thiolation. Langmuir, 34 (2018), pp. 234-240. CrossRef …

The available experimental data for the thermal conductivity of liquid copper, gallium, indium, iron, lead, nickel, and tin has been critically examined with the intention of establishing thermal conductivity reference correlations. All experimental data have been categorized into primary and secondary data according to the quality of ...

Beatte ellipsometry is used to study the refractive index and absorption coefficient of liquid gallium and of a gallium-30 at. % indium alloy for wavelengths of 0.4–2.0 µm at a temperature at 373 K. The dispersion rel curves of the photoconductivity and reflectivity are calculated from the experimental data. The measured data in the …

Liquid metal alloys, such as eutectic gallium indium (EGaIn), can address key critical requirements around consistency and reliability but present challenges on low viscosity and the risk of leakage.

Eutectic gallium-indium alloy (EGaIn) liquid metal is highly conductive, moldable, and extremely deformable and has attracted significant attention for many applications, ranging from stretchable electronics to drug delivery. Even though EGaIn liquid metal is generally known to have low toxicity, the toxicity of the metal, rather than …

Surface Chemistry of Gallium-Based Liquid Metals - ScienceDirect. Matter. Volume 3, Issue 5, 4 November 2020, Pages 1477-1506. Review. Surface Chemistry of …

We present the first demonstration of single-walled carbon nanotube growth from liquid gallium and indium catalysts. The nanotubes were grown via thermal chemical vapor deposition from 1 to 3 nm films of gallium and indium, which dissociate into liquid droplets on silicon substrates at high temperatures.The nanotubes were …

General information. Eutectic Gallium–indium (EGaIn) (%75 Ga, %25 In) was chosen as the liquid metal material. Gallium and indium were weighed in a 3:1 ratio at a concentration of 99.99% each.

This project studies the use of liquid metal gallium-indium as an electrocatalyst to perform CO 2 reduction to carbon monoxide (CO) or possibly solid carbon in various solutions. Gallium-indium is characterized and studied through its "wetting" properties and adhesion to substrate foil through the measurement of contact angles …

INDIUM: "These fibers are slightly wider than a human hair, as stretchable as a rubber band, and yet can sense touch using a capacitive mechanism that is similar to the way touch screens work on tablets and smart phones." ... Professor Michael Dickey and his team have created stretchable wires using liquid metal (eutectic indium-gallium), as ...

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Yesterday Eric Markvicka demonstrated self-healing electronics for us with his video of a liquid metal embedded elastomer. Today, we discuss a composite material that is electrically insulating until …

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 excellent properties such as fluidity, high conductivity, thermal conductivity, stretchability, self-healing capability, biocompatibility, and recyclability.

Eutectic gallium–indium alloy (EGaIn) liquid metal is highly conductive, moldable, and extremely deformable and has attracted significant attention for many applications, ranging from stretchable electronics to drug delivery. Even though EGaIn liquid metal is generally known to have low toxicity, the toxicity of the metal, rather than …

ABSTRACT: Liquid metals such as eutectic Ga−In alloys have low melting points and low toxicity and are used in catalysis and micro-robotics. This study …

Three-dimensional liquid metal structures can be created by manipulating ductile gallium–indium alloy wires that are then encapsulated in an elastomer and heated to recover their fluidity, and ...

Liquid gallium-indium has already been successfully used as a thermal interface for computer hardware cooling, where it offers higher thermal conductivity compared to the traditionally-used thermal pastes and epoxies. Because gallium-indium is nontoxic, it has also been used as an alternative to traditional liquid metals such as …

INDIUM: I assure you, the following is not some strange alien test of foreign materials. Even though it resembles a substance from the spaceship in E.T. – this is definitely earthly matter. This video shows the following 3 low-temperature liquid metal alloys wetting to glass: 61Ga/25In/13Sn/1Zn (Indalloy #46L) 66.5Ga/20.5In/13Sn …

The complete wetting of eutectic alloy of gallium and indium is realized on microstructured copper surfaces in the presence of HCl vapor, which removes the native oxide from the liquid metal alloy ...

PRODUCT DATA SHEET. Liquid Metal. Gallium and Gallium Alloys. Introduction. Several low-melting point Indalloy®alloys are liquid at room temperature. These gallium-based alloys are non-toxic replacements for mercury. The gallium-based alloys have far lower vapor pressure than mercury, reducing both the amount and toxicity of metal vapor ...

Eutectic gallium-indium (EGaIn), a liquid metal alloy, was injected in a microfluidic channel engraved on polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) to achieve frequency switching. Numerical simulation and experimental results are presented for two cases: when the microfluidic channels are empty, and when they are filled with liquid metal.

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 oxide layer forms on the surface of …

The surface enrichment in gallium-indium liquid alloys yields high concentrations of indium in their surface atomic layers. This phenomenon can …

This study investigates the local atomic structure of liquid gallium-indium alloys by a combination of density measurements, diffraction data, and Monte-Carlo …

This paper describes the rheological behavior of the liquid metal eutectic gallium-indium (EGaIn) as it is injected into microfluidic channels to form stable microstructures of liquid metal. EGaIn is well- ;suited for this application because of its rheological properties at room temperature: it behaves like an elastic material until it ...

Indium Corporation offers liquid alloys that remain liquid at room temperatures. The gallium liquid alloys are used in many applications including thermal management, …