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Diverse Transformations of Liquid Metals Between Different Morphologies
Author(s) -
Sheng Lei,
Zhang Jie,
Liu Jing
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201400843
Subject(s) - materials science , liquid metal , metal , electric field , rotation (mathematics) , chemical physics , nanotechnology , planar , transformation (genetics) , chemical engineering , composite material , metallurgy , geometry , chemistry , biochemistry , physics , mathematics , computer graphics (images) , quantum mechanics , computer science , engineering , gene
Transformation from a film into a sphere , rapid merging of separate objects, controlled self‐rotation, and planar locomotion are the very unusual phenomena observed in liquid metals under application of an electric field to a liquid metal immersed in or sprayed with water. A mechanism for these effects is suggested and potential applications – for example the recovery of liquid metal previously injected into the body for therapeutic purposes – are outlined.