Liquid metal droplet solves maze

被引:19
作者
Adamatzky, Andrew [1 ]
Chiolerio, Alessandro [2 ]
Szacilowski, Konrad [3 ]
机构
[1] Univ West England, Dept Comp Sci & Creat Technol, Unconvent Comp Lab, Bristol BS16 1QY, Avon, England
[2] Ist Italian Tecnol, Ctr Sustainable Future Technol, Via Livorno 60, I-10144 Turin, Italy
[3] AGH Univ Sci & Technol, Acad Ctr Mat & Nanotechnol, Mickiewicza 30, PL-30059 Krakow, Poland
基金
英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;
关键词
PATH; DYNAMICS;
D O I
10.1039/c9sm01806a
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
A room temperature liquid metal features a melting point around room temperature. We use liquid metal gallium due to its non-toxicity. A physical maze is a connected set of Euclidean domains separated by impassable walls. We demonstrate that a maze filled with sodium hydroxide solution is solved by a gallium droplet when direct current is applied between start and destination loci. During the maze solving the droplet stays compact due to its large surface tension, navigates along lines of the highest electrical current density due its high electrical conductivity, and goes around corners of the maze's corridors due to its high conformability. The droplet maze solver has a long life-time due to the negligible vapour tension of liquid gallium and its corrosion resistance and its operation enables computational schemes based on liquid state devices.
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页码:1455 / 1462
页数:8
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