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
Affiliations
- Guangmin Zhou
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University
- Ankun Yang
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University
- Yifei Wang
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University
- Guoping Gao
- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Allen Pei
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University
- Xiaoyun Yu
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University
- Yangying Zhu
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University
- Linqi Zong
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University
- Bofei Liu
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University
- Jinwei Xu
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University
- Nian Liu
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University
- Jinsong Zhang
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University
- Yanxi Li
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University
- Lin-Wang Wang
- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Harold Y. Hwang
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University
- Mark L. Brongersma
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University
- Steven Chu
- Department of Physics, Stanford University
- Yi Cui
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14438-2
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 9
Abstract
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.