ReviewNanoscale advances2020
Liquid metal nanocomposites.
Review in Nanoscale advances, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- RETRACTED: Operability of Smart Spaces in Urban Environments: A Systematic Review on Enhancing Functionality and User Experience.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Pooled it
- A Superstrong and Ultratough Stretchable Electronic Conductor With Ultradurable Strain-Insensitive Electromechanical Performance.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticles as All-in-One Nanoplatforms.ACS polymers Au · 2026Review
- Sustainable Liquid Metal Composites for Soft Electronics and E-Waste Reduction.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026Review
- How Advanced are Conductive Nanocomposite Hydrogels for Repairing and Monitoring Myocardial Infarction?International journal of nanomedicine · 2025Review
- Spontaneous Liquefaction of Solid Metal-Liquid Metal Interfaces in Colloidal Binary Alloys.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024Article
- Filled Elastomers: Mechanistic and Physics-Driven Modeling and Applications as Smart Materials.Polymers · 2024Review
- Controlling C2C12 Cytotoxicity on Liquid Metal Embedded Elastomer (LMEE).Advanced healthcare materials · 2023Article
- Gallium-based liquid metal hybridizing MoSRSC advances · 2023Article
- Dielectric Elastomers with Liquid Metal and Polydopamine-Coated Graphene Oxide Inclusions.ACS applied materials & interfaces · 2023Article
- Recent progress of Ga-based liquid metals in catalysis.RSC advances · 2022Review
- Engineering Polymers via Understanding the Effect of Anchoring Groups for Highly Stable Liquid Metal Nanoparticles.ACS applied nano materials · 2022Review
- Flexible Tactile Sensing Microfibers Based On Liquid Metals.ACS omega · 2022Article
- Liquid Metal Based Nano-Composites for Printable Stretchable Electronics.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Controlling the oxidation and wettability of liquid metal via femtosecond laser for high-resolution flexible electronics.Frontiers in chemistry · 2022Article
- An Ultrastretchable Electrical Switch Fiber with a Magnetic Liquid Metal Core for Remote Magnetic Actuation.Polymers · 2021Article
- Mini/Micro/Nano Scale Liquid Metal Motors.Micromachines · 2021Review
- Surface and Interface Designs in Copper-Based Conductive Inks for Printed/Flexible Electronics.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Liquid metal (LM) has attracted tremendous interest over the past decade for its enabling combination of high electrical and thermal conductivity and low mechanical compliance and viscosity. Efforts to harness LM in electronics, robotics, and biomedical applications have largely involved methods to encapsulate the liquid so that it can support functionality without leaking or smearing. In recent years, there has been increasing interest in LM "nanocomposites" in which either liquid metal is mixed with metallic nanoparticles or nanoscale droplets of liquid metal are suspended within a soft polymer matrix. Both of these material systems represent an important step towards utilizing liquid metal for breakthrough applications. In this minireview, we present a brief overview of recent progress over the past few years in methods to synthesize LM nanomaterials and utilize them as transducers for sensing, actuation, and energy harvesting. In particular, we focus on techniques for stable synthesis of LM nanodroplets, suspension of nanodroplets within various matrix materials, and methods for incorporating metallic nanoparticles within an LM matrix.
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.