Paper that folds itself into Origami shapes? Soft robots fitting into the tiniest nook and cranny? Color me curious.
The team, led by Bo Yuan of Tsinghua University in China, experimented with different alloy combinations to test the adhesion of the liquid metal coating. They compared an indium/gallium alloy with an alloy of bismuth, indium, and tin oxide and discovered that the latter offered superior adhesion and stability.
“We needed to ensure the adhesion of liquid metal to be uniform in large scale on different paper, and to maintain the stability of the coating,” Bo Yuan told
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