MXene-Coated Liquid Metal Nanodroplet Aggregates.

ABSTRACT: Combining droplets of liquid metal (LM) with nanomaterials often introduces synergistic thermal or electrical properties that are not found in the constituent materials alone. However, in these existing systems, LM droplets maintain a statistically uniform dispersion and are not capable of self-assembly or aggregation. These composites are limited by their need for high volume fractions of LM (>60 vol %) to achieve high thermal properties, introducing LM leaking as a drawback for thermal management and wearable electronic applications. In this work, we show that coating nanoscale droplets of eutectic gallium-indium (EGaIn) LM with small volume fractions of Ti₃C₂T_x MXenes (0.25 vol %) results in a unique LM morphology in which droplets self-assemble t

SUBMITTER: Zadan M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11984108 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature