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SUBMITTER: Zavabeti A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4976217 | biostudies-other | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Zavabeti Ali A Daeneke Torben T Chrimes Adam F AF O'Mullane Anthony P AP Zhen Ou Jian J Mitchell Arnan A Khoshmanesh Khashayar K Kalantar-Zadeh Kourosh K
Nature communications 20160804
Components with self-propelling abilities are important building blocks of small autonomous systems and the characteristics of liquid metals are capable of fulfilling self-propulsion criteria. To date, there has been no exploration regarding the effect of electrolyte ionic content surrounding a liquid metal for symmetry breaking that generates motion. Here we show the controlled actuation of liquid metal droplets using only the ionic properties of the aqueous electrolyte. We demonstrate that pH ...[more]