Liquid-phase metal inclusions for a conductive polymer composite.

J. JACKOWSKI*, M. SUCHORA-KOZAKIEWICZ*,# Assessment of usAbIlIty of molten sAlt mIxtures In metAllurgy of AlumInum Alloys And recyclIng of composIte mAterIAls bAsed on the mAtrIx of Al Alloys

Two liquid phases: molton metal (or alloy) and slag occur in most metallurgical systems. The slag occurring at the surface of the metal bath not only protects it against negative atmospheric effects but also enables to make many treatments necessary to achieve good quality of the material designed for shaping the casted products. In the conditions of fully controlled process (e.g. melting or re...

High thermal conductivity in soft elastomers with elongated liquid metal inclusions.

Soft dielectric materials typically exhibit poor heat transfer properties due to the dynamics of phonon transport, which constrain thermal conductivity (k) to decrease monotonically with decreasing elastic modulus (E). This thermal-mechanical trade-off is limiting for wearable computing, soft robotics, and other emerging applications that require materials with both high thermal conductivity an...

Micromechanical Modeling of a Composite Containing Piezoelectric and Shape Memory Alloy Inclusions

Macroscopic constitutive relations based on the mean-field theory and the Mori–Tanaka method are derived for a 3-phase composite consisting of a polymer matrix and shape memory alloy (SMA) and piezoceramic (PZT) inclusions. Effective moduli are computed for likewise oriented spherical and cylindrical inclusions. Results are also computed for cylindrical PZT and ellipsoidal SMA inclusions. Even ...

Progress on Fabric Electrodes Used in Biological Signal Acquisition

Due to its convenience, wear ability, affinity, continuously monitoring biological signal, etc., fabric electrodes used in biological signal acquisition attracted more and more interest from researchers around the world. Fabric electrode is a kind of intelligent textiles, and its application is very prominent in biological signal acquisition, supercapacitors and ECG (electric signal) monitoring...

Flexible Touchpads Based on Inductive Sensors Using Conductive Composite Polymer and Flexible Metal PCB