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Liquid Metal Enabled Injectable Biomedical Electronics

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In clinics, a medical device is defined as implantable if it is either partly or totally introduced, surgically or medically into the human body and is intended to remain there after the procedure. By virtue of characteristics of well controlled wettability, high electrical conductivity, low cost and easy operation, liquid metal materials have been developed into above area in recent years. In this chapter, representative strategies to develop liquid metals as implantable or injectable medical electronics were introduced and discussed.

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  2. Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

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Liu, J., Yi, L. (2018). Liquid Metal Enabled Injectable Biomedical Electronics. In: Liquid Metal Biomaterials. Springer Series in Biomaterials Science and Engineering, vol 10. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5607-9_8

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