A river(of liquid metal) runs through it

作     者：Michael D. Dickey Michael D.Dickey

作者机构：Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering North Carolina State University 

出 版 物：《National Science Review》 (国家科学评论(英文版))

年 卷 期：2020年第7卷第4期

页      面：721-722页

核心收录：

学科分类：08[工学] 0805[工学-材料科学与工程（可授工学、理学学位）] 080502[工学-材料学] 

基　　金：supported by the National Science Foundation (CBET-1510772) 

主　　题：of liquid metal A river runs through it 

摘      要：Water naturally ‘wets’ the pores of paper, causing the water to spontaneously wick into the paper. However, liquids do not wick into all porous materials. For example, pores in raincoats let heat pass from your body to the surroundings, yet water does not penetrate into the *** extent to which liquids pass through pores depends on their contact angle with the material(water on a waxed car has a high contact angle) and the surface tension of the liquid. Water, which has a large surface tension, will only pass through pores that it wets. Liquid metals have surface tensions that are nearly an order