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Simultaneous Fast Deformation and Solidification in Supercooled Liquid Gallium at Room Temperature
Author(s) -
Yu Zhenwei W.,
Chen Yuchen C.,
Yun Frank F.,
Wang Xiaolin L.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
advanced engineering materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.938
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1527-2648
pISSN - 1438-1656
DOI - 10.1002/adem.201700190
Subject(s) - supercooling , gallium , materials science , deformation (meteorology) , liquid metal , crystallization , metallurgy , composite material , thermodynamics , physics
The authors demonstrate that it is possible to transform a supercooled liquid metal at room temperature into a variety of shapes in solids by combined liquid metal deformation and induced crystallization from the supercooling state. The authors discover that both reversible deformation and irreversible deformation can be achieved simultaneously for supercooled liquid gallium in alkaline or acid electrolytes by using electrodes that are non‐wetted or wetted with liquid gallium, respectively. Our findings on the simultaneous deformation and solidification offer a novel approach to controlled patterning and solidification of supercooled liquid gallium at room temperature.