Electronics aren’t. But soon there may be devices that can stretch, bend and even repair themselves when they’re damaged. By harnessing the unusual properties of a liquid metal called gallium ...

New highly conductive material can stretch ... The liquid metal circuitry using BiLiSC allows these devices to withstand large deformation and even self-heal to ensure electronic and functional ...

Scientists from Northwestern University are conducting similar research – they’ve developed a stretchable electronic material in which liquid metal is deposited within the pores of an elastic ...

Liquid metal-ionic liquid emulsion ... the technology could assist developing stretchable, mechanically activated electronics. Strategies like optimizing the electrolyte conductivity or using metals ...

More information: Kento Yamagishi et al, Flexible and Stretchable Liquid‐Metal Microfluidic Electronics Using Directly Printed 3D Microchannel Networks, Advanced Functional Materials (2023).

The material could be useful for making flexible batteries or wearable electronics ... flexible polymer with a liquid metal center that effectively prevents gases and liquids from passing through.

When a low voltage is applied to the liquid metal droplets, which are encapsulated in a stretchable biopolymer called Ecoflex, they oxidize to represent the state of "1" or "on." Conversely ...

A technical paper titled “Scalable electrodeposition of liquid metal from an acetonitrile-based electrolyte for highly-integrated stretchable electronics” was published by researchers at KU Leuven.

Liquid metal refers to a class of metallic materials that remain in a liquid state at or near room temperature. These materials possess unique properties, such as high electrical and thermal ...