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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2022
Applicant:
Government of the United States As Represented BY the Secretary of the Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (US);
Inventors:
Brad L Cumby, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Christopher Tabor, Kettering, OH (US);
Assignee:
United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01B 5/00 (2006.01); B01J 13/08 (2006.01); H01B 13/00 (2006.01); H01B 1/02 (2006.01); H01B 1/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01B 5/00 (2013.01); B01J 13/08 (2013.01); H01B 13/0026 (2013.01); H01B 1/02 (2013.01); H01B 1/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
A deformable yet mechanically resilient microcapsule having electrical properties, a method of making the microcapsules, and a circuit component including the microcapsules. The microcapsule containing a gallium liquid metal alloy core having from about 60 to about 100 wt.% gallium and at least one alloying metal, and a polymeric shell encapsulating the liquid core, said polymeric shell having conductive properties.