Connecting the Dots: Sintering of Liquid Metal Particles for Soft and Stretchable Conductors

IF 51.4 1区 化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Simok Lee, Syed Ahmed Jaseem, Nurit Atar, Meixiang Wang, Jeong Yong Kim, Mohammadreza Zare, Sooyoung Kim, Michael D. Bartlett, Jae-Woong Jeong and Michael D. Dickey*, 
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This review focuses on the sintering of liquid metal particles (LMPs). Here, sintering means the partial merging or connecting of particles (or droplets) to form a network of percolated and, thus, conductive electrical pathways. LMPs are attractive materials because they can be suspended in a carrier fluid to create printable inks or distributed in an elastomer to create soft, stretchable composites. However, films and traces of LMPs are not typically conductive as fabricated due to the native oxide that forms on the surface of the particles. In the case of composites, polymers can also get between particles, making sintering more challenging. Sintering can be done via a variety of ways, such as mechanical, thermal, and chemical processing. This review discusses the mechanisms to sinter these particles, patterning techniques that use sintering, unique properties of sintered LMPs, and their practical applications in fields such as stretchable electronics, soft robotics, and active materials.

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Chemical Reviews
Chemical Reviews 化学-化学综合
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106.00
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1.10%
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278
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4.3 months
期刊介绍: Chemical Reviews is a highly regarded and highest-ranked journal covering the general topic of chemistry. Its mission is to provide comprehensive, authoritative, critical, and readable reviews of important recent research in organic, inorganic, physical, analytical, theoretical, and biological chemistry. Since 1985, Chemical Reviews has also published periodic thematic issues that focus on a single theme or direction of emerging research.
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