Shapeshifting Liquid Metal Droplets for Soft Fluidic Machines (Adv. Mater. 11/2026)
Shapeshifting Liquid Metal Droplets This cover illustrates the explosive-like deformation of a liquid metal droplet as Lorentz forces oppose its high surface tension. By harnessing these field-induced instabilities under extremely low voltages, we demonstrate liquid metal shapeshifting — an autonomous, self-oscillating, self-organizing effect that enables electrical-to-fluidic power transduction in a soft pump. This approach provides a compact material platform for soft robotics, microfluidics and lab-on-a-chip systems. More details can be found in the Research Article by Jonathan Rossiter and co-workers (DOI: 10.1002/adma.202420265).
Authors
- Martin Garrad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5038-4554)
- Christian Romero (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7585-9712)
- Andrew T. Conn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2732-4200)
- Jonathan Rossiter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9109-9987)
- Saba Firouznia
- Hemma Philamore
Institutions
- University of Bristol (GB)
- Bristol Robotics Laboratory (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Advanced Materials
- Published
- 2026-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.72359
- Primary Topic
- Advanced Materials and Mechanics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00