A kind of color liquid metal and preparation method thereof
Technical field
The invention belongs to liquid metal material field, be specifically related to a kind of color liquid metal and preparation method thereof.
Background technology
It is liquid metal near room temperature that liquid metal typically refers to a kind of, as the gallium of fusing point less than 30 DEG C or its alloy, also or in slightly higher temperature range as 40 DEG C-200 DEG C periods can present the low-melting point metal alloy of liquid state as materials such as bismuth indium tin zinc.In the past, due to all multiattributes of liquid metal and purposes rarely known by the people for a long time, this large class functional materials is less is subject to academia in global range and industrial community is paid attention to.In recent years, along with obtaining of a series of major progress, the significant application value of liquid metal progressively draws attention.In a variety of applications where, liquid metal material is owing to can liquid states of matter work, and mobility is fine, and itself has natural electroconductibility, thus be introduced in emerging printed electronic in recent years, functional device 3D print field, become unique important can printing-type electronic material.
But, existing liquid metal limit due to himself physical property or alloy composition, self gloss of the liquid metal formed is silvery white in color mostly, color is very single, this much requires higher printing or application of paints occasion to color and aesthetic measure for industrial, to form the aesthetic conceptions of circuit and people apart from each other.In fact, along with the raising of social development and material and cultural life, for many new electronic and consumption electronic product, user is no longer only satisfied with and obtains its basic electrical functions, the color embodied for product and experience and also propose heavy demand.To a great extent, color determines effect of many products really.Ever-changing and the form and aspect of nature color, constitute the riot of colour, the multicoloured world.Say from Psychological Angle, different colours can cause different senses to look to human body, such as: soft, bright colors, and can with giving happiness, the beautiful enjoyment such as happy, relaxed and joyful; Otherwise the even extreme embodiment of color imbalance then can allow people feel dull, lose heart, even have influence on physical and mental health.
Regrettably, up to now, liquid metal printed electronic ink itself developed in recent years there is no method and presents color function, more difficultly reaches the ever-changing of color.Obviously, if its color function can be given to the liquid metal principle with printability, will greatly promote its special performance, realize coloury printed electronic or the making of 3D metal thus, then significantly strengthen experience sense and the artistic value of product.For this reason, the present invention proposes the technological concept of color liquid metal first, and its object is just being to provide liquid metal with various color and preparation method thereof, to the existing technology category of take on a new look existing liquid metal and pigment.
We know, pigment refers to the material that object can be made to catch color, and the mankind know use pigment very early, as utilized coloured soil and ore, crag being drawn a picture and smears health.Equally, for making liquid metal can also present bright-colored color while maintenance electroconductibility and mobility, the invention provides pigment and loading measure, by the preparation of specific pigment and liquid metal, the liquid metal of color of all kinds can be obtained.
In view of this, special proposition the present invention.
Summary of the invention
(1) technical problem that will solve
For overcoming the shortcoming of current material technology and changing the present situation that the single and conventional pigment of conventional liquid metal color does not have electroconductibility, the invention provides a kind of color liquid metallic substance, the metallic substance of expection color is obtained by loading in liquid metal band the colorful one pigment itself, can be used for making electronic circuit lucuriant in design or 3D metallic print or more purposes, present invention also offers the making method of this color liquid metal.
(2) technical scheme
For achieving the above object, the invention provides a kind of color liquid metal, the raw material of described color liquid metal comprises liquid metal and pigment.
Described liquid metal comprises low melting point alloy.
Low melting point alloy of the present invention, refers to that fusing point is lower than the fusible alloy of 232 DEG C; Usually elementary composition by low melting point metals such as Ga, In, Sn, Bi, Pb, Zn.
Described low melting point alloy comprises one or more in gallium, indium, tin, bismuth, zinc, lead 2-base alloy;
Further, described low melting point alloy comprises one or more in binary alloy gallium indium, gallium tin, bismuth tin, indium bismuth, indium tin; Or described low melting point alloy comprises one or more in ternary alloy gallium indium tin, bismuth indium tin, bismuth indium zinc, indium tin zinc, bismuth tin copper, bismuth indium cadmium; Or described low melting point alloy comprises one or more in quad alloy gallium indium tin zinc, indium tin zinc bismuth, bismuth indium tin silver, zinc bismuth silver copper.
Wherein, in described gallium-base alloy, gallium content is 10wt%-100wt%; In bismuth-base alloy, bi content is 10wt%-95wt%; In indium-base alloy, indium content is 10wt%-95wt%.
Preferably, in described gallium-base alloy, gallium content is 50wt%-90wt%; In bismuth-base alloy, bi content is 50wt%-90wt%, and in indium-base alloy, indium content is 50wt%-90wt%.
Described pigment comprises one or more in natural pigment, synthetic pigment.
Further, described natural pigment comprises natural mineral pigment, as one or more in cinnabar, laterite, realgar, Victoria Green WPB, water-ground limestone, wollastonite, ground barium sulfate, talcum powder, mica powder, kaolin etc.; Or animal-origin pigment, one or more in cochineal, natural pearl white etc.; Or plant origin pigment, as: gamboge, sodium alizarinsulfonate, indigo-blue etc. in one or more.
Described synthetic pigment, comprises one or more in the mineral dyes such as titanium white, lithopone, lead-chrome yellow, barba hispanica; Or one or more in the pigment dyestuff such as red, even yellowish, phthalocyanine blue, quinacridone.
Further, the mass ratio of described liquid metal and described pigment is 10-100: 1-10.
For reducing the disadvantageous effect of pigment liquid towards metal further, the present invention is surprised to find that, when granules of pigments diameter is 1nm-900nm, the impact of liquid towards metallic conduction performance is minimum; And rust-preventing characteristic and the antioxidant property of liquid metal itself can also be promoted.
Still more preferably, described granules of pigments diameter is 10nm-500nm.
Described pigment can directly add in described liquid metal; Also described pigment can be added in advance after making liquid paint in some solvents and mix with liquid metal again; Solvent described here can be the materials such as transparent silicon rubber, epoxy resin, PDMS (polydimethylsiloxane), can be even the solvent by colored paint and coating toning; Preferably, the mass ratio of described pigment and described solvent is 5wt%-90wt%; The liquid metal material of different colourity can be obtained thus according to concrete proportioning.
For promoting the conductivity of color liquid metal further, preferably, the raw material of described color liquid metal also comprises conductive nano particle.
Preferably, described conductive nano particle comprises one or more in nano level gold and silver, copper, iron, ferric oxide, nickel, cobalt, gadolinium and carbon nanotube, Graphene etc.
Preferably, described conductive nano particle diameter is 1nm-900nm; Be preferably 10nm-500nm.
Further preferably, the mass ratio of described liquid metal and described conductive nano particle is 10-100: 1-10.
Wherein, described conductive nano particle such as nano level iron, ferric oxide, nickel, cobalt, gadolinium etc. can also change the magnetism characteristic of color liquid metal; Described conductive nano particle such as copper, gold and carbon nanotube, Graphene etc. also have the effect regulating liquid metallic color coloured silk.
On the other hand, the present invention also provides the making method of above-mentioned color liquid metal, comprises the following steps,
S1: choose desired raw material on demand, i.e. liquid metal, pigment, and/or conductive nano particle;
S2: described liquid metal is treated to liquid condition;
S3: described pigment is joined in the liquid metal of described liquid condition, stir; And/or add described conductive nano particle again, stir.
In above-mentioned making method step S1:
According to the color of required color liquid metal, determine the usage ratio of described liquid metal and pigment.
In above-mentioned making method step S2:
The described method described liquid metal being treated to liquid condition comprises described liquid metal is placed in air or the process of vacuum constant temperature.
The described constant temperature treatment time changes liquid condition into described liquid metal and is advisable; Preferably, the described constant temperature treatment time is 1-4h.
Described constant temperature treatment temp changes liquid condition into described liquid metal is advisable; Preferably, described constant temperature treatment temp is greater than or equal to the fusing point of described liquid metal; Further preferably, described constant temperature treatment temp is higher than the fusing point 30-600 DEG C of described liquid metal.
Preferably, step S3 is carried out again after being stirred by the described liquid metal changing liquid condition into; Further preferably, magnetic stirrer 0.5-5h is used.
In above-mentioned making method step S3:
Described churning time is preferably 0.5-5h.
Described stirring means available mechanical stirring, induction stirring, ultrasonic agitation, vibrations stirring etc.; Be preferably induction stirring.
As required, two or more obtained as stated above chromatic metallics can be mixed once again, make the color liquid metal of specific color.
Preferably, described color liquid metal can be modulated in shades of colour scope.Described liquid metal toning realizes by Man-made Color Matching or computerized color matching, color matching principle can follow subtractive-type process principle, such as based on three primary colors if yellow, blue or green, purple and corresponding complementary color is as blue, red, green, white coloured light is mixed to get by a certain percentage by complementary color i.e. two kinds of coloured light, required color liquid metal is obtained by that analogy according to the color theory of classics, complementary color as redness is cyan, yellow complementary color is blue, green complementary color is purple, and the subtractive-type process mixed principle realized thus can be followed: yellow=white-blue; Purple=white-green; Cyan=white-redness; Yellow+purple=white-blue-green=redness; Yellow+cyan=white-blue-redness=green; Purple+cyan=white-green-redness=blueness; Yellow+purple+cyan=white-blue-green etc.
Following table lists the fusing point of some common liquid metals:
Gallium, 29.28 DEG C |
Ga
75.5In
24.5,16℃
|
Ga
62.5In
21.5Sn
16,11℃
|
Bi
49In
21Pb
18Sn
12,58℃
|
In
66.3Bi
33.7,72℃
|
Bi
52Pb
30Sn
18,96℃
|
Bi
58Sn
42,138℃
|
|
|
(3) beneficial effect
Technique scheme tool provided by the invention has the following advantages:
1, the existing concept of existing liquid metal and pigment of having taken on a new look and technology category, provide the material of this brand new conception of color liquid metal first, have the rich colors of liquid metal satisfactory electrical conductivity and pigment concurrently;
2, be different from existing liquid metal, color liquid metal adds bright and colourful speciality, may be used on a large amount of cultural creative electron trade; Multicolor printing electronic channel can be opened; Significantly can promote aesthetic property and the experience sense of printed electronic;
3, be different from conventional pigment or paint, color liquid metal has the conduction property not available for convention pigment, conventional pigment industry of thus can taking on a new look;
4, color liquid metal further improves the oxidation-resistance and rust-preventing characteristic etc. of conventional liquid metal;
5, compared with traditional liquid metal, degree of oxidation reduces greatly, advantageously in the application of liquid metal itself;
6, the proposition of color liquid metallic substance is the ideational innovation to traditional metal materials and printed electronic, can amplify out a large amount of whole new set of applications thus.
Accompanying drawing explanation
Fig. 1 is the structural representation of color liquid metal of the present invention.
In figure: 1, liquid metal; 2, granules of pigments.
Embodiment
Following examples for illustration of the present invention, but are not used for limiting the scope of the invention.
Embodiment 1
A kind of color liquid metal, its raw material comprises liquid metal and pigment; Described liquid metal is gallium-indium alloy Ga
24.5in, described pigment is cinnabar, and the mass ratio of wherein said liquid metal and pigment is 10: 1.
The present embodiment also provides the making method of this color liquid metal, comprises the following steps:
S1: get described liquid metal gallium-indium alloy Ga by proportioning
24.5in and pigment cinnabar;
S2: described liquid metal is placed in the process of air ambient constant temperature, treatment temp is 50 DEG C, and the treatment time is 1h; Then stir, stir speed (S.S.) is 500rpm, and churning time is 5h; Obtain the liquid metal of liquid condition;
S3: described pigment cinnabar is made the particle that diameter is 600nm, joins in the liquid metal of above-mentioned liquid condition, mechanically stirs 80min to stirring.
Color liquid metal described in the present embodiment as shown in Figure 1.
Embodiment 2-11
Color liquid metal, its raw material comprises liquid metal and pigment, is only that pigment is different from the difference of embodiment 1.The making method of this color liquid metal is with embodiment 1.
Numbering |
Liquid metal |
Pigment |
Embodiment 2 |
Gallium-indium alloy Ga
24.5In
|
Laterite |
Embodiment 3 |
Gallium-indium alloy Ga
24.5In
|
Sodium alizarinsulfonate |
Embodiment 4 |
Gallium-indium alloy Ga
24.5In
|
Red |
Embodiment 5 |
Gallium-indium alloy Ga
24.5In
|
Realgar |
Embodiment 6 |
Gallium-indium alloy Ga
24.5In
|
Gamboge |
Embodiment 7 |
Gallium-indium alloy Ga
24.5In
|
Lead-chrome yellow |
Embodiment 8 |
Gallium-indium alloy Ga
24.5In
|
Even yellowish |
Embodiment 9 |
Gallium-indium alloy Ga
24.5In
|
Indigo-blue |
Embodiment 10 |
Gallium-indium alloy Ga
24.5In
|
Barba hispanica |
Embodiment 11 |
Gallium-indium alloy Ga
24.5In
|
Phthalocyanine blue |
Embodiment 12
A kind of color liquid metal, its raw material comprises liquid metal, pigment and conductive nano particle; Described liquid metal is gallium-indium alloy Ga
24.5in, described pigment is cinnabar, the nanometer gold of described conductive nano particle to be diameter be 300nm; The mass ratio of wherein said liquid metal, pigment and conductive nano particle is 40: 4: 6.
The present embodiment also provides the making method of this color liquid metal, comprises the following steps:
S1: get described liquid metal gallium-indium alloy Ga by proportioning
24.5in, pigment cinnabar and conductive nano particle (diameter is the nanometer gold of 300nm);
S2: described liquid metal is placed in the process of air ambient constant temperature, treatment temp is 50 DEG C, and the treatment time is 1h; Then stir, stir speed (S.S.) is 500rpm, and churning time is 5h; Obtain the liquid metal of liquid condition;
S3: described pigment cinnabar is made the particle that diameter is 600nm, joins in the liquid metal of above-mentioned liquid condition, mechanically stirs 80min to stirring; Adding conductive nano particle (diameter is the nanometer gold of 300nm), mechanically stirring 80min to stirring.
Embodiment 13-21
Color liquid metal, its raw material comprises the conductive particle that liquid metal, pigment and diameter are 300nm nanometer, is only that conductive nano particle is different from the difference of embodiment 12.The making method of this color liquid metal is with embodiment 12.
Numbering |
Liquid metal |
Pigment |
Conductive nano particle |
Embodiment 13 |
Gallium-indium alloy Ga
24.5In
|
Cinnabar |
Silver |
Embodiment 14 |
Gallium-indium alloy Ga
24.5In
|
Cinnabar |
Copper |
Embodiment 15 |
Gallium-indium alloy Ga
24.5In
|
Cinnabar |
Carbon nanotube |
Embodiment 16 |
Gallium-indium alloy Ga
24.5In
|
Cinnabar |
Graphene |
Embodiment 17 |
Gallium-indium alloy Ga
24.5In
|
Cinnabar |
Ferric oxide |
Embodiment 18 |
Gallium-indium alloy Ga
24.5In
|
Cinnabar |
Iron |
Embodiment 19 |
Gallium-indium alloy Ga
24.5In
|
Cinnabar |
Nickel |
Embodiment 20 |
Gallium-indium alloy Ga
24.5In
|
Cinnabar |
Cobalt |
Embodiment 21 |
Gallium-indium alloy Ga
24.5In
|
Cinnabar |
Gadolinium |
Embodiment 22
Color liquid metal, its raw material comprises liquid metal and pigment, is only that liquid metal is different from the difference of embodiment 1, and the liquid metal of this color liquid metal is indium-base alloy InSn
49.2.
With the difference of embodiment 1, the making method of the present embodiment color liquid metal is only that step S2 is different.The making method step S2 of the present embodiment color liquid metal comprises indium-base alloy InSn
49.2be placed in the vacuum constant-temperature container constant temperature 1 hour of 230 DEG C, then use magnetic stirrer 100 minutes, the indium-base alloy InSn of obtained liquid condition
49.2.
Wherein, indium-base alloy InSn
49.2making method comprise: take pure indium and pure tin respectively according to the ratio of mass ratio 50.8: 49.2, put into stainless steel vessel, container is placed in the vacuum constant-temperature container constant temperature 1 hour of 230 DEG C, uses magnetic stirrer subsequently 100 minutes, be i.e. obtained indium-base alloy InSn
49.2, its fusing point is 120 DEG C.
Embodiment 23
Color liquid metal, its raw material comprises liquid metal and pigment, is only also to comprise the conductive nano particle silver that diameter is 300nm with the difference of embodiment 22; Wherein, the mass ratio of wherein said liquid metal, pigment and conductive nano Argent grain is 40: 4: 6.
The preparation method of this color liquid metal is with embodiment 12.
Embodiment 24
Color liquid metal, its raw material comprises liquid metal and pigment, is only that liquid metal is different from the difference of embodiment 1, and the liquid metal of this color liquid metal is bismuth-base alloy BiIn
21sn
12pb
18.
With the difference of embodiment 1, the making method of the present embodiment color liquid metal is only that step S2 is different.The making method step S2 of the present embodiment color liquid metal comprises bismuth-base alloy BiIn
21sn
12pb
18be placed in the vacuum constant-temperature container constant temperature 4 hours of 250 DEG C, then use magnetic stirrer 50 minutes, the bismuth-base alloy BiIn of obtained liquid condition
21sn
12pb
18.
Wherein, bismuth-base alloy BiIn
21sn
12pb
18making method comprise: take pure bismuth, pure indium, pure tin and pure lead respectively according to the ratio of mass ratio 49:21:12:18, put into stainless steel vessel, container is placed in the vacuum constant-temperature container constant temperature 4 hours of 250 DEG C, uses magnetic stirrer subsequently 50 minutes, be i.e. obtained bismuth-base alloy BiIn
21sn
12pb
18, its fusing point is 58 DEG C.
Embodiment 25
Color liquid metal, its raw material comprises liquid metal and pigment, is only that pigment type is different from the difference of embodiment 1-11.Described pigment (diameter is the particle of 600nm) adds in some solvents and makes liquid paint by the present embodiment in advance, makes required color liquid metal with liquid metal after mixing afterwards again.Solvent described here be can be the materials such as transparent silicon rubber, epoxy resin, PDMS (polydimethylsiloxane) or even is formed by colored paint and coating toning, and the mass ratio of described raw material and solvent is 1:10.
Embodiment 26
Color liquid metal, its raw material comprises liquid metal and pigment, is only that the mass ratio of liquid metal and pigment is 20: 1 with the difference of embodiment 1.This color liquid metal fabrication methods is identical with embodiment 1.
Embodiment 27
Color liquid metal, be that its raw material also comprises diameter 500nm nano-Ag particles with the difference of embodiment 26, wherein the mass ratio of liquid metal and nano-Ag particles is 10: 3.This color liquid metal fabrication methods is identical with embodiment 12.
Embodiment 28
The present embodiment, based on existing color liquid metal, is mixed with the liquid metal of required color by toning.Specifically mixed once again by the 2-6 class color liquid metal obtained by above-described embodiment 1-25, the mass ratio between different color liquid metal is 1-10 scope, in order to mix colours into the liquid metal of specific color.
Experimental example
The conductive characteristic of color liquid metal and corrosive nature testing method reference " a kind of by liquid metal uniform particles being blended into high heat conduction obtained in polydimethylsiloxane, electrical isolation silicone grease " (Mei Shengfu, high rosy clouds, Deng Zhongshan, Liu Jing), American Society of Mechanical Engineers's proceedings " Electronic Packaging journal ", 2014,136,011009; Ying Yi: MeiS.F., GaoY.X., DengZ.S., LiuJ.Thermallyconductiveandelectricallyhighlyresistivegr easethroughhomogeneouslydispersingliquidmetaldropletsins idedimethylsiloxane.ASMEJournalofElectronicPackaging, 2014,136,011009) method realizing liquid metal for conducting heat fat described in is carried out.In the present invention, adopt liquid metal to be body material as packing material, pigment, through in atmosphere directly blending prepare the color liquid metal of different ratio, then the conductive characteristic of Measurement and analysis color liquid metal and corrosive nature by experiment.
Because the resistivity of matrix material is comparatively large, Agilent34972A data collecting instrument is adopted to build test platform.The useful range of resistance grade is 0 ~ 100MOhm.A measurement of resistance probe has been set up in this experiment self-control, and this probe is become with a tetrafluoroethylene annular shim pack by two copper electrodes.Copper electrode is of a size of diameter D=30mm, height H=30mm.Tetrafluoroethylene annular pad is of a size of: internal diameter d=20mm, outer diameter D=30mm, thickness t=0.3mm.Thus, obtained the resistance value R of the large small sample of 0.3mm × φ 20mm by Agilent34972A data collecting instrument, then by classical Ohm's law ρ=R π d
2/ 4t can calculate the size of resistivity of material ρ.In experiment measuring process, in order to ensure measurement accuracy, need sample to be vacuumized again removing bubble wherein, to avoid the resistivity error brought by bubble.From representative experimental data, Ga can be obtained
24.5after In blending cinnabar pigment, the resistivity of color liquid metal is along with the changing conditions of liquid metal volume fraction, one of them case is, if when the mass ratio of liquid metal and pigment is 20: 1 (embodiment 26), made color liquid metallic resistance rate is 3.2 × 10
-6ohmm is still the good conductor of electricity.On this basis, then 10:3 loads 500nm diameter nanometer silver (embodiment 27) in mass ratio, and the resistivity that can obtain the color liquid metal prepared through hybrid technique promotes and is about 8.3 × 10
-7ohmm, illustrates the loading of nano particle, make electroconductibility be better than before color liquid metal, feasibility of the present invention is also described.All the other, by the color liquid metal prepared of how different liquid metal matrix component and pigment and even nano particle, also obtain similar component relation.Numerous herein.
About rust-preventing characteristic, oxidation-resistance, Experiments of Optics can be adopted to be assessed.Now, by testing sample (about 0.3ml) uniform application on a frosting.Optical surface by quantifying, can rust-preventing characteristic, the oxidation-resistance of the color liquid metal of qualitative assessment after peroxidation.Through surperficial EDS energy spectrum analysis, can obtain through material not element ratio in the same time.Experiment finds, Ga
24.5after In blending cinnabar pigment color liquid metal comprise load nano particle once again liquid metal without being significantly oxidized and getting rusty.Its reason is: the interpolation of not oxidizable pigment makes liquid metal surface not easily form oxide film, can find, after formed color liquid metallic surface on pretreatment, considerable change does not occur, and elemental composition is also without considerable change simultaneously.Similar rule is also easy to realize in other embodiment 1-24 color liquid metals.
Although above with general explanation, embodiment and test, the present invention is described in detail, and on basis of the present invention, can make some modifications or improvements it, this will be apparent to those skilled in the art.Therefore, these modifications or improvements without departing from theon the basis of the spirit of the present invention, all belong to the scope of protection of present invention.