State Key Laboratory of Digital Manufacturing Equipment and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
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10.7502/j.issn.1674-3962.2016.02.04
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Microfluidic technology is an emerging technology for controlling, operating and detecting complex fluid under microscale. With the combination of flexible electronic technology, a new microfluidic electronic technology is developed, which is expected to play an important role in the fields of deformable electrodes, wearable electronics, flexible antennas and others. At present, the liquid metal, due to its liquid state at room temperature, and large surface tension characteristics, faces many challenges in the material, process and equipment. This paper focuses on the configuration and properties of liquid metal, the fabrication process and characteristics of microfluidic electronics, and the advanced applications of flexible microfluidic electronics. Finally we prospects the flexible microfluidics electronic technology and the main challenges.