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Phase Change of Gallium Enables Highly Reversible and Switchable Adhesion (Adv. Mater. 25/2016)

2016

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Gallium exhibits highly reversible and switchable adhesion when it undergoes a solid–liquid phase transition. The robustness of gallium is notable as it exhibits strong performance on a wide range of smooth and rough surfaces, under both dry and wet conditions. Gallium may therefore find numerous applications in transfer printing, robotics, electronic packaging, and biomedicine.

Author(s): Ye, Zhou and Lum, Guo Zhan and Song, Sukho and Rich, Steven and Sitti, Metin
Journal: Advanced Materials
Volume: 28
Number (issue): 25
Pages: 5088-5092
Year: 2016

Department(s): Physical Intelligence
Research Project(s): Adhesion of phase-changing liquid Gallium droplets
Bibtex Type: Article (article)
Paper Type: Journal

DOI: 10.1002/adma.201505754

BibTex

@article{ye2016gallium,
  title = {Phase Change of Gallium Enables Highly Reversible and Switchable Adhesion (Adv. Mater. 25/2016)},
  author = {Ye, Zhou and Lum, Guo Zhan and Song, Sukho and Rich, Steven and Sitti, Metin},
  journal = {Advanced Materials},
  volume = {28},
  number = {25},
  pages = {5088-5092},
  year = {2016},
  doi = {10.1002/adma.201505754}
}