Shanliangzi Liu
Purdue University West Lafayette, Arizona State University, Yale University
Papers
6
Total Citations
1,057
H-Index
6
About
Shanliangzi Liu is a leading innovator in soft and stretchable electronics, with a research focus on liquid metal-based materials, flexible circuits, and advanced manufacturing. Her major contributions center on overcoming the fundamental challenges of processing gallium-based liquid metals—materials with surface tension ten times higher than water—to create highly deformable, conductive systems. Liu pioneered the use of laser sintering to transform liquid metal nanoparticles into scalable, soft electronics, and developed biphasic gallium-indium circuits that achieve exceptional stretchability without compromising performance. Her work on nanoscale wetting mechanisms and contact printing has provided foundational understanding for the field, while her recent advances in liquid metal-elastomer conductors and shape-sensing sheets are enabling next-generation soft robots, wearables, and biomedical devices. With over 1,000 total citations and multiple papers exceeding 250 citations, Liu’s research is widely recognized for its practical impact. Notably, her 2021 paper on stretchable multilayer circuits has garnered 391 citations, reflecting its significance in the rapidly growing field of soft electronics.
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Top Papers
- 1Highly stretchable multilayer electronic circuits using biphasic gallium-indium391 citations · 2021
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- 6Stretchable Shape‐Sensing Sheets14 citations · 2023