In recent years, room temperature liquid metal materials have attracted widespread attention in academia and industry due to their unique physical and chemical properties. This type of material can not only remain in liquid state under ambient conditions, but also exhibits excellent fluidity, deformability, and excellent electrical and thermal conductivity, making it an ideal candidate for the next generation of smart materials. Its application potential in flexible electronics, soft robotics, and biomedical devices is particularly prominent. However, problems such as high surface tension and easy oxidation limit its wide application. This lecture will focus on the innovative methods of regulating the surface and interface behavior of liquid metal materials and their functional design. Starting from the surface and interface properties of liquid metal itself, the study deeply explored key issues such as surface tension regulation, oxide film regulation, and wetting behavior control, and on this basis proposed a series of smart material design strategies based on liquid metal. At the same time, this study also explored the application prospects of this type of new smart material in multiple fields.

 

近年来，室温液态金属材料因其独特的物理化学性质在学术界和工业界引发了广泛关注。这类材料在环境条件下不仅能够保持液态，还展现出卓越的流动性、可变形性以及优异的电导性和导热性，使其成为下一代智能材料的理想候选。其在柔性电子、软机器人和生物医学设备等领域的应用潜力尤为突出。然而，高表面张力和易氧化等问题限制了其广泛应用。本次讲座将重点探讨液态金属材料的表面和界面行为调控及其功能设计的创新方法。研究从液态金属自身的表界面性质出发，深入探索了表面张力调控、氧化膜调控以及润湿行为控制等关键问题，并在此基础上提出了一系列基于液态金属的智能材料设计策略。同时，本研究还探讨了这类新型智能材料在多个领域的应用前景。

 

[BIOGRAPHY]

 

Dr. Bo YUAN is an associate professor at the School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Beihang University. She graduated from TEEP, Tsinghua University in 2016, and received her Ph.D. from the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tsinghua University in 2021. She continued to engage in postdoctoral research and joined Beihang University in November 2023. Her main research direction is the regulation of surface and interface phenomena of room-temperature liquid metals and the design of intelligent materials. She has published 20+ papers, and 3 of them were selected as journal cover papers. The relevant research results have been reported by many domestic and foreign media such as New Scientist, Xinhua News Agency and Deeptech, and have received widespread attention. As the first inventor, she has obtained 6 authorized national invention patents. 

 

袁博博士是北京航空航天大学机械工程及自动化学院副教授，博士生导师。2016年本科毕业于清华大学航天航空学院钱学森力学班，2021年获清华大学生物医学工程系博士学位，后继续从事博士后研究，2023年11月加入北京航空航天大学。主要研究方向为室温液态金属表界面现象调控及智能材料设计。在国内外知名期刊发表论文20余篇，其中3篇被选为期刊封面论文。相关研究成果被New Scientist、新华社及Deeptech深科技等多家国内外媒体报道，受到广泛关注。以第一发明人身份获已授权国家发明专利6项。主持国家自然科学基金及国家重点研发计划课题。