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Stretchable circuits can change the way we think about electronics applications.

"These fibers are slightly wider than a human hair, as stretchable as a rubber band, and yet can sense touch using a capacitive mechanism that is similar to the way touch screens work on tablets and smart phones."

A low-temperature solder alloy might be the solution for an application on which you are working.

Low temperature alloys are available in a wide variety of solidus temperatures. Here is a selector guide to help you find the perfect alloy for your application.

Reduced materials of construction, reduced materials in the waste stream, reduced waste heat, and reduced energy consumption per equivalent light output; what a tremendous new development!

Here are some things you need to know if you are planning on using liquid metal.

Our friends at North Carolina State University are at it again – doing interesting things with liquid metals.

Jim Hisert, Indium Applications Manager, and Phil Zarrow take a look a liquid metal and its current and potential applications.

There were many positive changes to the SVC show for 2018 . Here is a little of what you missed if you weren't there.

GaIn alloys are non-toxic and not highly reactive, making them ideal for use in many liquid metal applications.

We discuss the future of self-healing electronics with Eric Markvicka of Carnegie Mellon University.

Jim Hisert discusses the composite material that is electrically insulating until it is patterned, at which point it becomes conductive.

Self-healing electronics seems moer like magic than science. The secret to this magic is the unique material architecture.

What are some real-world applications for stretchable electronics made of gallium and indium - both near-term and long-term?

What does the future bring for self-healing circuits? Electrical self-healing is important, but what about mechanial self-healing?

Today we discuss the technology behind the paper: “Extreme Toughening of Soft Materials with Liquid Metal” with Dr. Navid Kazem.

Gallium has a melting point of ~30°C (86°F), which makes the physical state of the metal as predictable as the shipping temperatures it endures as it travels to you.

Today I was sent an article that involves TWO of my favorite elements, indium and gallium which, when combined with tin, creates an alloy that is used in the process of water purification.

Indium Corporation manufactures 60 different alloys that contain indium, in addition to over 150 other non-indium-bearing alloys, such as SAC and SnPb.

A new paper sparked my interest recently: Experimental Thermal Energy Assessment of a Liquid Metal Eutectic in a Microchannel Heat Exchanger Equipped With a (10Hz/50Hz) Resonator which talks about alternatives to liquid metal for high-temp heat exchange applications. Unfortunately, they left out my favorite alloy - eutectic gallium-indium or EGaIn^TM.

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