AI Article Synopsis

  • The integration of functional fillers into liquid metals enhances their rheology, allowing for easier shaping at the micrometer level.
  • A new solvent-assisted dispersion (SAD) method was developed to improve the uniform integration of MXene into liquid metals compared to traditional dry powder mixing techniques.
  • The resulting MXene/LM coating demonstrates impressive electromagnetic interference shielding and versatile rheological properties, making it suitable for direct printing and creating multifunctional soft devices.

Article Abstract

Integration of functional fillers into liquid metals (LM) induces rheology modification, enabling the free-form shaping of LM at the micrometer scale. However, integrating non-chemically modified low-dimensional materials with LM to form stable and uniform dispersions remain a great challenge. Herein, we propose a solvent-assisted dispersion (SAD) method that utilizes the fragmentation and reintegration of LM in volatile solvents to engulf and disperse fillers. This method successfully integrates MXene uniformly into LM, achieving better internal connectivity than the conventional dry powder mixing (DPM) method. Consequently, the MXene/LM (MLM) coating exhibits high electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding performance (105 dB at 20 μm, which is 1.6 times that of coatings prepared by DPM). Moreover, the rheological characteristic of MLM render it malleable and facilitates direct printing and adaptation to diverse structures. This study offers a convenient method for assembling LM with low-dimensional materials, paving the way for the development of multifunctional soft devices.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11271265PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-50541-4DOI Listing

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