TY - JOUR
T1 - Liquid metal slingshot
AU - Yuan, Zhiping
AU - Zhang, Xudong
AU - Hou, Huimin
AU - Hu, Zhifeng
AU - Wu, Xiaomin
AU - Liu, Jing
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 American Physical Society.
PY - 2020/11/9
Y1 - 2020/11/9
N2 - This Rapid Communication presents the self-propelled and controllable motion of liquid metal droplets, which is driven by surface tension and does not depend on any external force field. Its motion speed and direction can be controlled just as a projectile fired by a slingshot: The liquid metal droplet is the projectile, and a substrate surface serves as the bowstring. This motion provides a potential mechanism for the application of liquid metals in soft robotics, drug delivery, chip cooling, and other fields.
AB - This Rapid Communication presents the self-propelled and controllable motion of liquid metal droplets, which is driven by surface tension and does not depend on any external force field. Its motion speed and direction can be controlled just as a projectile fired by a slingshot: The liquid metal droplet is the projectile, and a substrate surface serves as the bowstring. This motion provides a potential mechanism for the application of liquid metals in soft robotics, drug delivery, chip cooling, and other fields.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85096145664&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevFluids.5.111601
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevFluids.5.111601
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85096145664
SN - 2469-990X
VL - 5
JO - Physical Review Fluids
JF - Physical Review Fluids
IS - 11
M1 - 111601
ER -