Advanced Liquid Metals for Energy Storage and Biomedical Applications
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 October 2024 | Viewed by 352
Special Issue Editors
Interests: Li-ion batteries; Na-ion batteries; Na/S batteries; Li/Na metal anodes
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Interests: liquid metal anodes; NaK alloy; energy storage; liquid metal batteries
Interests: liquid metals; biomaterials; flexible electronics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Liquid metals (including Ga, Ga-In, Ga-Sn, Ga-In-Sn, Na-K, etc.) are considered to be promising materials for high-performance rechargeable batteries and flexible devices, as well as other biomedical applications. Distinctive features of these liquid metals, including instant self-healing, excellent electric conductivity, and/or low toxicity, have resulted in exciting findings in a wide variety of research areas. Meanwhile, challenges including interface wettability, device stability, and/or biological biocompatibility still hinder the wide application of liquid metals. Therefore, developing a rational material design and an in-depth mechanism understanding of liquid metals is very important and highly desirable.
In this Special Issue, we are looking for contributions including, but not limited to:
- Liquid metal anodes for rechargeable batteries and/or flexible devices;
- Interface wettability modifications of liquid metals;
- Nanostructuring of liquid metals;
- Advanced characterizations for liquid metals;
- Biological compatibility and toxicity of liquid metals;
- Liquid metals for drug delivery, bioimaging, and/or biotherapy;
- Liquid metals for other novel applications.
As Guest Editors of this Special Issue, we are writing to encourage you to contribute a recent piece of research that is related to this topic of liquid metals for energy storage and biomedical applications; rapid communications, research articles, reviews, and perspectives are all welcome. We look forward to receiving your submissions.
Dr. Lingfei Zhao
Dr. Xuyang Sun
Dr. Liyuan Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- liquid metal
- anode
- self-healing
- flexible
- interface
- wettability
- biomedicine
- toxicity
- biocompatibility
- biomedical imaging
- tumor therapy
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