{"id":266834,"date":"2024-12-16T23:15:11","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T23:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/16\/liquid-metal-particles-can-self-assemble-into-electronics\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:10:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:10:01","slug":"liquid-metal-particles-can-self-assemble-into-electronics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/16\/liquid-metal-particles-can-self-assemble-into-electronics\/","title":{"rendered":"Liquid metal particles can self-assemble into electronics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"ArticleImage\">\n<div class=\"Image__Wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/11175255\/SEI_232710513.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1288px) 837px, (min-width: 1024px) calc(57.5vw + 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1700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/11175255\/SEI_232710513.jpg?width=1800 1800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/11175255\/SEI_232710513.jpg?width=1900 1900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/11175255\/SEI_232710513.jpg?width=2006 2006w\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-image-context=\"Article\" data-image-id=\"2460393\" data-caption=\"A crosshatch pattern of wires created by self-assembling liquid metal particles\" data-credit=\"Julia Chang \/ North Carolina State University\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"ArticleImageCaption\">\n<div class=\"ArticleImageCaption__CaptionWrapper\">\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Title\">A crosshatch pattern of wires created by self-assembling liquid metal particles<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Credit\">Julia Chang \/ North Carolina State University<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>Self-assembling electronics made from liquid metal particles could provide a cheaper way of manufacturing computer chips, simply by harnessing the basic physics of how fluids flow through tiny structures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe cost of entry in manufacturing electronics and building new chip fabrication plants in the US right now, we\u2019re talking billions of dollars,\u201d says <a href=\"https:\/\/mse.ncsu.edu\/people\/mthuo\/\">Martin Thuo<\/a> at North Carolina State University. \u201cIt\u2019s not cheap.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thuo and his colleagues first created a mixture of\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2459969-liquid-metal-particles-can-self-assemble-into-electronics\/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=home\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] A crosshatch pattern of wires created by self-assembling liquid metal particles Julia Chang \/ North Carolina State University Self-assembling electronics made from liquid 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