Scientists at the University of Sussex, UK and Swansea University have found a way to transform liquid metal into electric two-dimensional shapes, such as letters and heart shapes, through electric fields. The researchers said that the latest achievements are expected to show their talents in the field of intelligent electronic devices, software robots and flexible displays.
The electric field used to change the shape of the liquid metal is made from a single computer, which means that the location and shape of the liquid metal can be programmed to control it. The team said the latest findings show that liquid metal is "a promising new material" that can be programmed to allow multiple deformations and opens up new possibilities for the development of software robots and deformable displays.
Rui Si Sibing, University of Sussex, said: "The liquid metal has great potential in the field of deformability, their unique properties include the surface tension can be controlled by voltage, high conductivity and liquid-solid phase transition at room temperature."
One of the researchers, Taketo Fung of the University of Sussex, said that although the study was still in its infancy, it showed more problems in computer graphics, intelligent electronic devices, software robots and flexible displays Aspects of potential applications.
However, they also emphasize that while the invention is reminiscent of the robot T-1000 in the science fiction movie Terminator 2, an intelligent robot made of liquid metal that can be freely transformed between liquid and solid state, There is still a long way to go to develop 3D shapes with liquid metal. More direct applications of this technology include reprogrammable circuit boards and conductive inks.
"As for the future, the vision of us and many other researchers is to be smarter and more flexible than existing displays or robots by creating digital manipulations that change their physical properties, appearance and function," said Cybelean. device of."
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We may never create a Terminator, but we can create circuits that are as self-healing as the Terminator. Chinese scientists in recent years, liquid metal research, but also quite gains. If liquid circuits can be used cheaply, we can have appliances of unlimited shape, which means that computers and cell phones will no longer be the stiff, square shape we are familiar with. A new era of imagination will come.
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