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CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS
Volume 47, Issue 8, Pages 2518-2533Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c7cs00309a
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- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (Sloan Research Fellowship)
- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2017ZX09304021]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21504034, 31671035]
- Jiangsu Provincial Medical Innovation Team [CXTDA2017024]
- Jiangsu Province Foundation [BK20161137, BK20170204, BE2016632]
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To date, liquid metals have been widely applied in many fields such as electronics, mechanical engineering and energy. In the last decade, with a better understanding of the physicochemical properties such as low viscosity, good fluidity, high thermal/electrical conductivity and good biocompatibility, gallium and gallium-based low-melting-point (near or below physiological temperature) alloys have attracted considerable attention in bio-related applications. This tutorial review introduces the common performances of liquid metals, highlights their featured properties, as well as summarizes various state-of-the-art bio-applications involving carriers for drug delivery, molecular imaging, cancer therapy and biomedical devices. Challenges for the clinical translation of liquid metals are also discussed.
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