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Porous Liquid Metal Matrix Embedded in Elastic Substrate
Description
Research on incorporating liquid metal into flexible substrates has resulted in a new avenue for research. Currently, the most promising technique performed was coating a cotton fiber in liquid metal and then using high heat to remove the fiber from the liquid metal without the use of flames or solvents. This is promising in that thin fibers could be coated to create the circuitry, then removed from the liquid metal. The remaining liquid metal could then be encased in a flexible polymer. This then sparked the idea of using a mortar and pestle to manually mix the liquid metal into the elastic substrate, in this case PDMS. Other materials can also be mixed in, such as graphite or alumina to create thermal interface materials (TIMs). These compounds are then poured into molds to cure, then are taken to be tested for thermal conductivity. The results have not yet returned, but this research will continue by changing the ratios of the materials in the TIMs as well as moving forward with encasing the remaining Galistan in elastomer once the fabric was removed through oxidation.
Date Created
2016-05
Contributors
- Kemme, Nicholas Austin (Author)
- Rykaczewski, Konrad (Thesis director)
- Hildreth, Owen (Committee member)
- Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Program (Contributor)
- Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
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9 pages
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In Copyright
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Academic Year 2015-2016
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.37138
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minimal
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- 2017-10-30 02:50:57
System Modified
- 2021-08-11 04:09:57
- 2 years 8 months ago
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