The process starts with a special alloy called Field’s metal, made of indium, bismuth, and tin. When placed next to a mold and exposed to oxygen, the liquid metal forms a thin oxide layer on its ...

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Here's how it works. You start with liquid metal particles. For their proof-of-concept work, the researchers used Field's metal, which is an alloy of indium, bismuth and tin. The liquid metal ...