Emerging applications of liquid metals featuring surface oxides

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 18369-18379

  Dickey, Michael D ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

EGaIn; gallium; gallium oxide; liquid metal; soft electronics; stretchable electronics

Indexed keywords

FLUID DYNAMICS; GALLIUM; LIQUID METALS; METALS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES;

EGAIN; ELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; EMERGING APPLICATIONS; GALLIUM OXIDES; NEAR ROOM TEMPERATURE; SELF-HEALING CIRCUITS; SOFT ELECTRONICS; STRETCHABLE ELECTRONICS;

GALLIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84910154292     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am5043017     Document Type: Article

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