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Transport Phenomena at Micro/Nanoscale

简介 Dr. Zhibin Yan

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Self-Healing Flexible Conductive Film by Repairing Defects via Flowable Liquid Metal Droplets

2019
期刊 Micromachines
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.