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Self-Healing Flexible Conductive Film by Repairing Defects via Flowable Liquid Metal Droplets.
- Source :
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Micromachines [Micromachines (Basel)] 2019 Feb 11; Vol. 10 (2). Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Feb 11. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Self-healing flexible conductive films have been fabricated, evaluated, and applied. The film is composed of a fragile indium tin oxide (ITO) layer covered with sprayed liquid metal (LM) droplets. Self-healing of electrical conductivity is achieved via spontaneous capillary wicking of LM droplets into cracks/defects of the ITO film. The liquid metal adhering onto the ITO layer can also connect the ITO fragments during bending to keep the overall conductivity of the composite LM/ITO film stable. Stable and reversible electrowetting performance has been achieved with the composite LM/ITO as the conductive film, in either flat or curved states.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2072-666X
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Micromachines
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 30754642
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/mi10020113