Controllable Liquid Metal Microparticles Production and Patterning by Miniaturized Filter-Sieve Generators.

ABSTRACT: Liquid metal microparticles (LMMPs) with excellent conductivity and reactivity hold significant promise for applications in flexible electronics and sensors. However, current LMMP production methods face critical challenges, including achieving smaller particle sizes with low energy consumption, streamlining processes, and enhancing productivity. Herein, leveraging the tunable surface tension of LM droplets, a compact platform called the miniaturized filter-sieve generator (MFSG) is presented, for scalable, energy-efficient, and controllable LMMP production. The MFSG demonstrates high energy efficiency (average power consumption of 0.21 W) and productivity (6.51 × 10⁵ particles per minute) while enabling precise control of microparticle sizes (2-300 µm). Furthermore, the MFSG ca

SUBMITTER: Zhang Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12641367 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature