Liquid metal enabled microfluidics

• Published in: Lab on a chip Vol. 17; no. 6; pp. 974 - 993
• Main Authors: Khoshmanesh, Khashayar, Tang, Shi-Yang, Zhu, Jiu Yang, Schaefer, Samira, Mitchell, Arnan, Kalantar-zadeh, Kourosh, Dickey, Michael D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 14.03.2017
• Subjects: Electrodes; Gallium base alloys; Heaters; Liquid metals; Liquids; Mercury (metal); Microfluidics; Toxicity

Several gallium-based liquid metal alloys are liquid at room temperature. As 'liquid', such alloys have a low viscosity and a high surface tension while as 'metal', they have high thermal and electrical conductivities, similar to mercury. However, unlike mercury, these liquid met...