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Extreme Wetting Properties of Liquid Metal

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Gallium−/indium-based liquid metal, a kind of newly emerging functional metal material with fluid state at room temperature, implements many complex functionalities such as special wettability, unconventional maneuverability, excellent fluid mechanics performance, and robust electricity capability, which have been increasingly reported. Most of the current studies of materials with extreme wetting properties are focused on the motion of water like liquid on solid surface, while researches on the wettability of liquid metal are rather limited. In this chapter, the mechanisms and applications of liquid metal enabled from wettability were systematically interpreted. Furthermore, a great emphasis was placed on the surface/interfacial characteristics and the motion under stimulation, which uncovered a new conception of transformable metal.

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This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21805294).

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Wang, L., Liu, J. (2021). Extreme Wetting Properties of Liquid Metal. In: Hosseini, M., Karapanagiotis, I. (eds) Materials with Extreme Wetting Properties. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59565-4_9

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