Eutectic gallium-indium (EGaIn): A liquid metal alloy for the formation of stable structures in microchannels at room temperature

Advanced Functional Materials

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1097-1104

  Dickey, Michael D ^a   Chiechi, Ryan C ^a   Larsen, Ryan J ^b   Weiss, Emily A ^a   Weitz, David A ^b   Whitesides, George M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDIUM; LIQUID METALS; MICROCHANNELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ELASTIC MATERIALS; LIQUID METAL ALLOYS;

GALLIUM;

EID: 42549111682     PISSN: 1616301X     EISSN: 16163028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.200701216     Document Type: Article

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