title: Manipulation of Liquid Metals on a Graphite Surface.
abstract: Liquid metals (LMs) in an alkaline electrolyte, when placed on a graphite surface, are able to be manipulated into desired flat, stable shapes with sharp angles, like triangles. Unique transformations and worm-like anti-gravity upslope LM locomotion under a low-voltage electric field are also revealed.
authors: Beijing Key Lab of CryoBiomedical Engineering and Key Lab of Cryogenics, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.
authors: Liang
authors: L
authors: Hu
authors: Beijing Key Lab of CryoBiomedical Engineering and Key Lab of Cryogenics, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.
authors: Lei
authors: L
authors: Wang
authors: Beijing Key Lab of CryoBiomedical Engineering and Key Lab of Cryogenics, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.
authors: Yujie
authors: Y
authors: Ding
authors: Beijing Key Lab of CryoBiomedical Engineering and Key Lab of Cryogenics, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.
authors: Shihui
authors: S
authors: Zhan
authors: Beijing Key Lab of CryoBiomedical Engineering and Key Lab of Cryogenics, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China. jliu@mail.ipc.ac.cn.|Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China. jliu@mail.ipc.ac.cn.
authors: Jing
authors: J
authors: Liu
keywords: graphite; liquid metals; planar and anti-gravity locomotion; shaping; surface tension