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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2026

Printable Liquid Metal-Textiles for Deformation-Insensitive and Electromagnetically Robust mmWave Devices.

Lu Ju, Buyun Yu, Rui Wang, Hao Chen, Kexin Hou, Chao Zhang, Mingyang Geng, Yunqian Dai, Yingying Zhang, Ying-Shi Guan and 2 more

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Lu JuSchool of Information and Intelligent Science, Donghua University, Shanghai, China.
Buyun YuState Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves, School of Information Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.
Rui WangSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.
Hao ChenState Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves, School of Information Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.
Kexin HouState Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
Chao ZhangState Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves, School of Information Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.
Mingyang GengState Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves, School of Information Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.
Yunqian DaiSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.
Yingying ZhangDepartment of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Ying-Shi GuanSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6626-0599
Cunjiang YuDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Bioengineering, Departments of Materials Science and Engineering, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, Materials Research Laboratory, Nick Holonyak Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0155-0368
Wei-Bing LuSchool of Information and Intelligent Science, Donghua University, Shanghai, China.

Funding

Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities 2242022k60004Jiangsu Funding Program for Excellent Postdoctoral Talent 2024ZB501Key Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China 62231001Postdoctoral Fellowship Program of CPSF GZB20240140Shanghai Science and Technology Plan 25DX1400200Special Fund for Key Basic Research in Jiangsu Province BK20243015
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Abstract

Millimeter-wave technologies are critical to the next generation of wireless body area networks, offering high data rates an d wide bandwidths. However, realizing mechanically robust and electromagnetically stable mmWave devices remains a significant challenge due to the high sensitivity of radio-frequency performance to conductive degradation under deformation. Here, we report a strategy to fabricate deformation-insensitive, high-performance mmWave electronic textiles (E-textiles) by combining specially engineered liquid metal (LM) inks with a high-resolution "dual-mask" printing technique. The LM inks, composed of polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP)-stabilized gallium-based nanodroplets, exhibit excellent surface compatibility, self-healing behavior, and high conductivity (∼11.16 mΩ/sq), enabling the formation of conformal, durable circuits on textiles. We demonstrate a 26 GHz LM-textile antenna array maintaining 9.65 dBi gain after repeated bending, as well as a microstrip transmission line with a negligible attenuation increase after mechanical cycling. Compared to printed silver inks and metallic-cloth-based antennas, the LM-textile antenna exhibits superior mechanical reliability and maintains a wireless transmission range of 4.5 meters for high-definition images. These results establish LM-textiles as a promising platform for future wearable mmWave devices, offering scalable, flexible, and resilient solutions for high-frequency wireless communication.

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deformation‐insensitiveelectronic textilesliquid metalmillimeter‐wave deviceswireless communication

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