Materials for liquid RF electronics: Long term operation of gallium liquid metal alloys in reconfigurable RF applciations
| Autor: | Christopher Tabor, Michelle Champion, Brad Cumby |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Liquid metal
Materials science business.industry Alloy chemistry.chemical_element 02 engineering and technology engineering.material 010402 general chemistry 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology 01 natural sciences 0104 chemical sciences Reliability (semiconductor) chemistry visual_art Electronic component Electrode visual_art.visual_art_medium engineering Electronic engineering Optoelectronics Fluidics Electronics Gallium 0210 nano-technology business |
| Zdroj: | 2017 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation & USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting. |
| DOI: | 10.1109/apusncursinrsm.2017.8072247 |
| Popis: | Room temperature liquid electronics offers the potential of rewiring and reconfiguring functionality in real-time. One of the most promising materials recently explored for these components is gallium liquid metal alloys (GaLMAs) because of their non-toxic and self-healing properties. Unfortunately the reactive nature of the surface, with both oxygen to form a thin viscoelastic skin and alloy formation with solid metal electrodes, results in the need for better control over these interfaces. This control needs to be achieved while maintaining appropriate RF properties and reliability of the fluidic electronic components. In this work, we provide a new material set to control the interface of GaLMAs and characterize the effects on RF performance. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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