Liquid Metal Biomimicry: Toward Bio-Inspired Smart Materials
A special issue of Biomimetics (ISSN 2313-7673). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomimetics of Materials and Structures".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 1072
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nature has always been a profound source of inspiration for scientific and technological innovation. Recently, liquid metals—particularly gallium and its alloys—have emerged as transformative materials for developing bio-inspired smart systems. Considering their low melting points and unique properties, liquid metals are ideal for applications that mimic natural systems. By leveraging these properties, liquid metal-based smart materials are enabling innovations in flexible electronics, soft robotics, and biomedical devices.
This Special Issue, "Liquid Metal Biomimicry: Toward Bio-Inspired Smart Materials", seeks to explore how liquid metals can emulate the adaptability, resilience, and responsiveness of biological systems. We welcome original research and review articles on topics such as bio-inspired liquid metal-based smart materials and systems, the response behaviors of liquid metal smart materials under the influence of external factors (such as electricity, magnetism, ultrasound, light, heat, etc.), liquid metal-based flexible actuators and robotics, bio-inspired liquid metal-based sensors, and other bio-inspired applications of liquid metals.
We invite researchers to contribute pioneering insights and present innovative applications that will push the boundaries of liquid metal biomimicry. Through this Special Issue, we aspire to foster sustainable advancements in liquid metal-based smart materials and their diverse, impactful applications.
Dr. Sen Chen
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- liquid metals
- interfacial behaviors
- fundamental smart properties
- bio-inspired smart materials
- stimuli-responsive materials
- flexible electronics and devices
- soft actuators and robotics
- bio-inspired composite design
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