Direct Writing of Flexible Electronics through Room Temperature Liquid Metal Ink

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Gao, Yunxia ^a   Li, Haiyan ^a   Liu, Jing ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b Tsinghua University   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; EPOXY RESIN; GALLIUM; INK; LIQUID METAL INK; OXYGEN; PLASTIC; SILICA GEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRONICS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; OXIDATION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SURFACE TENSION; TEXTILE; VISCOSITY; WETTABILITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRONICS; ELECTROWETTING; GALLIUM; HUMANS; INDIUM; INK; METALS; OXIDES; OXYGEN; SILICA GEL; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY; WETTABILITY; WRITING;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 84866561681     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045485     Document Type: Article

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