Liquid Metal Biomaterials Principles and Applications /

• Main Authors: Liu, Jing (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Yi, Liting (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Springer Series in Biomaterials Science and Engineering, 10
• Subjects: Biomaterials.; Biomedical engineering.; Metals.; Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering.; Metallic Materials.

This is the first-ever book to illustrate the principles and applications of liquid metal biomaterials. Room-temperature liquid metal materials are rapidly emerging as next-generation functional materials that display many unconventional properties superior to those of conventional biomaterials. The...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Thermal Physical Properties of Liquid Metal
• Electrical Properties of Liquid Metal
• Mechanical Properties of Low Melting Point Metal
• Biocompatibility of Liquid Metal
• Liquid Metal Angiography
• Liquid Metal as Vascular Embolic Agent to Starve Tumors
• Liquid Metal Injectable Electronics
• Liquid Metal to Connect Damaged Nerves
• Liquid Metal Injectable Bone Cement
• Flexible Human Exoskeleton
• Liquid Metal Skin Electronics
• Liquid Metal Printed Biosensors
• Liquid Metal Wearable Electronics
• Liquid Alkali Alloy Enabled Chemothermal Therapy.