Liquid Metals Properties, Mechanisms, and Applications

by Fu, Lei; Zeng, Mengqi

• ISBN13: 9783527828180
• ISBN10: 3527828184
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2022-03-28
• Publisher: Wiley-VCH

Summary

An up-to-date exploration of the properties and most recent applications of liquid metals

In Liquid Metal: Properties, Mechanisms, and Applications, a pair of distinguished researchers delivers a comprehensive exploration of liquid metals with a strong focus on their structure and physicochemical properties, preparation methods, and tuning strategies. The book also illustrates the applications of liquid metals in fields as varied as mediated synthesis, 3D printing, flexible electronics, biomedicine, energy storage, and energy conversion.

The authors include coverage of reactive mediums for synthesizing and assembling nanomaterials and direct-writing electronics, and the book offers access to supplementary video materials to highlight the concepts discussed within. Recent advancements in the field of liquid metals are also discussed, as are new opportunities for research and development in this rapidly developing area.

The book also includes:

• A thorough introduction to the fundamentals of liquid metal, including a history of its discovery, its structure and physical properties, and its preparation
• Comprehensive explorations of the external field tuning of liquid metal, including electrical, magnetic, and chemical tuning
• Practical discussions of liquid metal as a new reaction medium, including nanomaterial synthesis and alloy preparation
• In-depth examinations of constructing techniques of liquid metal-based architectures, including injection, imprinting, and mask-assisted depositing

Perfect for materials scientists, electrochemists, and catalytic chemists, Liquid Metal: Properties, Mechanisms, and Applications also belongs in the libraries of inorganic chemists, electronics engineers, and biochemists.

Author Biography

Lei Fu is a professor in College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University. Prof. Lei Fu has achieved a series of comprehensive and unique research works in the controlled growth of 2D materials and proposed the novel liquid-metal chemical vapor deposition strategy. Lei Fu has authored/co-authored more than 150 SCI papers in peer reviewed journals. He was honored with the Yangtze River Young Scholar and awarded the Outstanding Youth Science Foundation in China. Currently, he is a member of the Youth Committee of the Chinese Chemical Society and a member of the Nano Chemistry Professional Committee.

Table of Contents

PART I FUNDAMENTALS OF LIQUID METAL

1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Introduction
1.2 The history of liquid metal
1.3 Fundamental physical and chemical properties of liquid metal
1.4 The overview of liquid metal
1.5 Conclusion and prospect

2. STRUCTURE AND PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF LIQUID METAL
2.1 Structure of liquid metal
2.2 Surface and interfacial properties of liquid metal
2.3 Electrical properties of liquid metal
2.4 Heat transport properties of liquid metal
2.5 Rheological properties of liquid metal
2.6 Theoretical simulation of liquid metal fluid dynamics
2.7 Properties of 2D liquid metal

3. PREPARATION OF LIQUID METAL
3.1 The availability of liquid metals
3.2 Preparation of liquid metal droplets
3.3 Preparation of 2D liquid metal
3.4 Preparation of liquid-metal composites

4. EXTERNAL FIELD TUNING OF LIQUID METAL
4.1 Electrical field tuning
4.2 Magnetic field tuning
4.3 Force field tuning
4.4 Others field tuning
4.5 Multi-field tuning

PART II EMERGENT APPLICATIONS OF LIQUID METAL

5. LIQUID METAL AS A NEW REACTION MEDIUM
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Nanomaterial synthesis
5.3 Alloy preparation
5.4 Conclusion and prospect

6. LIQUID METAL FOR CONSTRUCTING ARCHITECTURES
6.1 Introduction
6.2 2D patterning
6.3 3D shaping
6.4 Conclusion and prospect

7. LIQUID METAL FOR STRETCHABLE ELECTRONICS
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Traditional materials for stretchable electronics
7.3 Advantages of liquid metal
7.4 Construction strategy for liquid-metal-based stretchable electronics
7.5 Typical stretchable electronics based on liquid metal
7.6 Conclusion and prospect

8. LIQUID METAL FOR BIOMEDICINE
8.1 Introduction
8.2 The advantage of liquid metal in biomedicine
8.3 Drug delivery
8.4 Cancer or tumor therapy
8.5 Molecular imaging
8.6 Biomedical device
8.7 Conclusion and prospect

9. LIQUID METAL FOR ENERGY
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Liquid metal as electrodes
9.3 Liquid metal as phase change material
9.4 Liquid metal as a coolant in nuclear industry
9.5 Liquid metal for catalysis
9.6 Conclusion and prospect

10. OUTLOOK and PERSPECTIVES