Liquid Transistors of Gallium Indium Alloys: Opening up New Fields of Deformation Robots

Nowadays, in most of Science Fiction movies, more and more robots composed of liquid metal appears in the movie, such as the villain T-1000 in the movie "Terminator", left a deep impression on the audience. This kind of special robot consists of a special liquid metal (gallium and indium) which is indestructible sometimes but sometimes soft like water, allowing to change their image at will.

Talking about liquid metal, the most people think of Mercury in the past, but now, with the rapid development of technology, Gallium Indium Alloy and Gallium Indium Tin Alloy prepared by different ratios of metal gallium and gallium, used in many medical equipment and science technology field very commonly. Previously, mechanical engineers at Carnegie Mellon University have been studying a fluidic transistor all the time, which is mainly made of metal gallium and metal indium, exhibits a liquid state at room temperature, and does not carry any toxicity. Therefore it can be injected into the rubber to make a soft, retractable circuit.

Except for deformation robots, the prospect of micro-liquid computers is also very promising. The principle of this micro-liquid computer is that it can directly contact human tissue and can be used as a disease monitoring or help stroke patients to restore brain function.

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