Topic: Soft Sciences of Liquid Metals
Contents
Host
Prof. Chuanfei Guo
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Dr. Guo is now as professor at the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech). His research fields are mainly focused on high-performance electronic-skins, body-comformal/flexible electronics, abnormal micro-nano fabrication technology.
Speaker
Prof. Jing Liu
Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Dr. Jing Liu is a jointly appointed Professor of Tsinghua University (THU) and Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). He received his double bachelor’s degrees (B.E. in Engineering & B.S. in Physics) and Ph.D. (in Engineering and Biomedicine) from THU. Dr. Liu works at the interdisciplinary areas among liquid metals, biomedical engineering and thermal sciences and is an author of popular books, articles and patents on cutting edge frontiers. He pioneered a group of very fundamental discoveries and technological breakthroughs on liquid metals which were frequently featured over the world. Many of his inventions on liquid metal printed electronics, chip cooling, healthcare devices and tumor treatment systems have been widely used in industry and by the society. Dr. Liu is a recipient of numerous awards like: The William Begell Medal, 2015 R&D 100 Award Finalist, CCTV Top Ten Figures in Science and Technological Innovation, and over 10 times highest teaching awards from CAS and THU etc.
Abstract
With both metallic properties and fluidic behaviors that can easily switch between liquid and solid phases at room temperature, the liquid metals and their allied soft matters are quickly emerging as powerful materials in diverse areas. Owning dramatic capabilities, the liquid metals family is rather big spanning from those already partially tackled gallium, bismuth and their alloys to more related materials. Over the past two decades, the material categories and the soft sciences lying behind the liquid metals have been significantly expended and many intriguing findings were kept achieved. In this talk, I will first present several basic forms of liquid metals such as functionalized liquid metal composites, liquid metal bubbles or vacuoles, porous liquid metals, liquid conductor-insulator transition materials and colorful liquid metals etc. Then I will explain the fundamental soft sciences to realize and utilize such materials and discuss the soft electronics, multi-phase physics of liquid metal flows, fluidic magnetism and soft chemistry. Following that, I will illustrate some technological and industrial examples regarding thermal management, printed electronics and semiconductors, healthcare and transformable robotics. Lastly, perspective on the liquid metal soft sciences will be given. It can be seen that liquid metals will witness huge opportunities to tackle more and more technological challenges and play ever important roles for the coming society.
Presentation
Prof. Jing Liu: Soft Sciences of Liquid Metals
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