Sacrificial gold coating enhances transport of liquid metal in pressurized fountain pen lithography

Abstract Liquid metals have attracted attention as functional components for moldable electronics, such as soft flexible connectors, wires or conductive ink. The relatively high surface tension (> 400 mN m−1) and the fact that liquid metals do not readily wet ceramic or oxide surfaces have led to...

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Main Authors: Gideon I. Livshits, Jiannan Bao, Leo Sakamoto, Tomoki Misaka, Yuki Usami, Yoichi Otsuka, Takuya Matsumoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-02-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-84065-4