Liquid metal-filled magnetorheological elastomer with positive piezoconductivity

Liquid metal-filled elastic composites for strain sensing devices exhibit reduced conductivity under strain, which limits their usefulness. Here, the authors report a positive piezoconductive effect in liquid metal-filled magnetorheological elastomers and illustrate proof-of concept applications.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Guolin Yun, Shi-Yang Tang, Shuaishuai Sun, Dan Yuan, Qianbin Zhao, Lei Deng, Sheng Yan, Haiping Du, Michael D. Dickey, Weihua Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09325-4