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  • Materials Science
  • Nanotechnology
  • Chemical Engineering

Background:

  • Liquid metals offer unique properties for scientific exploration and technological applications.
  • The growing demand for specialized materials presents challenges in discovery and synthesis.
  • Existing methods face limitations in efficiency and scope for developing novel liquid metal-based materials.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce a generalized theoretical framework called Liquid Metal Combinatorics (LMC) for advanced material discovery.
  • To outline promising technical routes and manufacturing methods within the LMC framework.
  • To address the challenges of material shortage and diverse needs in liquid metal research.

Main Methods:

  • Defining major categories and outlining eight representative manufacturing methods within LMC.
  • Utilizing physical combinations, chemical reactions, or both among liquid metals, surface chemicals, ions, and other materials.
  • Systematically presenting a theoretical frame for designing and fabricating combinatorial materials.

Main Results:

  • Demonstrated efficient design and fabrication of abundant targeted materials via LMC.
  • Developed combinatorial materials that retain typical liquid metal characteristics while exhibiting distinct tenability.
  • Classified fabrication strategies, wide extensibility, and pivotal applications of LMC.

Conclusions:

  • LMC provides a powerful, reliable, and modular approach for innovating general materials.
  • The framework enables the creation of novel liquid metal-based materials with tailored properties.
  • LMC holds significant promise for future material innovation and societal benefit.