Nature Communications (Jan 2020)

Electrotunable liquid sulfur microdroplets

  • Guangmin Zhou,
  • Ankun Yang,
  • Yifei Wang,
  • Guoping Gao,
  • Allen Pei,
  • Xiaoyun Yu,
  • Yangying Zhu,
  • Linqi Zong,
  • Bofei Liu,
  • Jinwei Xu,
  • Nian Liu,
  • Jinsong Zhang,
  • Yanxi Li,
  • Lin-Wang Wang,
  • Harold Y. Hwang,
  • Mark L. Brongersma,
  • Steven Chu,
  • Yi Cui

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14438-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Manipulating liquids with tunable shape and optical functionalities in real time remains a great challenge. Here, the authors demonstrate electrotunable liquid sulfur microdroplets in an electrochemical cell and tune its characteristics in a fast, repeatable, and controlled manner.