Impact of rheology on formation of oil-in-liquid metal emulsions.

Kanetkar, Shreyas; Peri, Sai P; Mithaiwala, Husain; Krisnadi, Febby; Dickey, Michael D; Green, Matthew D; Wang, Robert Y; Rykaczewski, Konrad · Soft Matter · 2024

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

To quantify how the viscosities of silicone oil (SO) and liquid metal (LM) relate to emulsion-formation (LM-in-SO <i>versus</i> SO-in-LM), a process was developed to produce LM pastes with adjustable viscosity and minimal oxide and bubbles. Increased LM viscosity allows greater silicone oil intake and/or intake of higher-viscosity silicone oils.