Harnessing properties of liquid metals for future devices

该项目旨在将低毒的液态金属镓合金与表面受限的微/纳米功能材料进行杂化，并探索新的流体和物理化学现象。液态金属是一组未得到充分利用的材料，但它们的灵活性、室温流动性和金属特性的结合意味着它们表现出令人震惊的行为。预期的结果是新的设备和系统，如可重新配置的高效执行器/发电机、催化剂、传感器以及电子和光学部件。

This project aims to hybridise low toxicity liquid metal alloys of gallium with surface confined functional micro/nano materials and explore fundamental new fluidic and physical-chemistry phenomena. Liquid metals are an under-used group of materials, but their combination of flexibility, bestowed by their room temperature fluidity, and metallic properties means they demonstrate startling behaviour. The expected outcomes are new devices and systems such as reconfigurable and highly efficient actuators/generators, catalysts, sensors, and electronic and optical components.