Self-Healing Flexible Conductive Film by Repairing Defects via Flowable Liquid Metal Droplets
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Electrical Conductivity of the Films
3.2. Flexibility and Self-Healing of the Films
3.3. Electrowetting Performance on the Flexible Conductive Films
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Niu, R.; Jin, M.; Cao, J.; Yan, Z.; Gao, J.; Wu, H.; Zhou, G.; Shui, L. Self-Healing Flexible Conductive Film by Repairing Defects via Flowable Liquid Metal Droplets. Micromachines 2019, 10, 113. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi10020113
Niu R, Jin M, Cao J, Yan Z, Gao J, Wu H, Zhou G, Shui L. Self-Healing Flexible Conductive Film by Repairing Defects via Flowable Liquid Metal Droplets. Micromachines. 2019; 10(2):113. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi10020113
Chicago/Turabian StyleNiu, Ruiwen, Mingliang Jin, Jieping Cao, Zhibin Yan, Jinwei Gao, Hao Wu, Guofu Zhou, and Lingling Shui. 2019. "Self-Healing Flexible Conductive Film by Repairing Defects via Flowable Liquid Metal Droplets" Micromachines 10, no. 2: 113. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi10020113