![]() ![]() Cu, Ni, Bi, Mg etc) as external medium, thereby. Furthermore, we discuss phenomena that warrant further investigations in relevant fields and outline how liquid metals can contribute to exciting future applications. A major step to overcome this limitation came with the recent rediscovery of liquid metal dealloying 13, 14 (LMD) that uses a liquid metal (e.g. In this review, we provide a comprehensive overview of the fundamentals underlying liquid metal research, including liquid metal synthesis, surface functionalisation and liquid metal enabled chemistry. However, surprisingly liquid metals have been somewhat neglected by the wider research community. These materials can offer extraordinary capabilities in the synthesis of new materials, catalysis and can also enable novel applications including microfluidics, flexible electronics and drug delivery. between room temperature and 300 ☌), making their liquid state accessible to practical applications in various fields of physical chemistry and synthesis. Liquid metal embrittlement (LME) is the reduction in the elongation to failure that can be produced when normally ductile solid metals are stressed while in contact with liquid metal 11.In other terms, a ductile solid metal or alloy experiences a loss (which might be drastic) in the tensile elongation when exposed to liquid metal. These metals and alloys are characterised by having low melting points (i.e. Post-transition elements, together with zinc-group metals and their alloys belong to an emerging class of materials with fascinating characteristics originating from their simultaneous metallic and liquid natures. ![]()
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