Nature Communications (Feb 2019)

Crystal-confined freestanding ionic liquids for reconfigurable and repairable electronics

  • Naiwei Gao,
  • Yonglin He,
  • Xinglei Tao,
  • Xiao-Qi Xu,
  • Xun Wu,
  • Yapei Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08433-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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The development of novel liquid-based electronics requires a new class of liquid electronic materials with combined fluidic, freestanding, and conducting properties. Here, the authors demonstrate a self-healing crystal-confined ionic liquid that shows fluidic and solid-like functionality.