Real-time crack healing via spontaneous interfacial wetting. (IMAGE)

International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing

Real-time crack healing via spontaneous interfacial wetting.

Caption

The fluidic liquid metal can heal Cu cracks in real-time by spontaneous interfacial wetting to enhance the bending durability, whereas the solid Cu layer can maintain conductivity under compression to enhance the compression insensitivity.

Credit

Sheng Li§, Liang Wang§, Xiaoliang Chen*, Cong Zhao, Bing Wang, Jinbin Xu, Qi Zhang, Yizhuo Luo, Guifang Liu, Qi Chen, Chunhui Wang, Hongmiao Tian, Xiangming Li and Jinyou Shao*

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