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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2022
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Lianyi Chen, Madison, WI (US);
Ali Nabaa, Madison, WI (US);
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the disclosure are directed to methods and/or apparatuses involving the formation of pore-free or nearly pore-free liquid droplets. As may be implemented in accordance with one or more embodiments, liquid droplets including metal are formed having pores within the liquid droplets. This may involve, for example, atomizing liquid metal with a gas and forming the droplets having pores. The pores are then driven out of the liquid droplets by heating the liquid droplets from a first state in which an outer surface of the droplets has a lower temperature than an inner region thereof, to a second state in which the outer surface has a higher temperature than the inner region.