Editorial: Liquid metal-based flexible bioelectronics and biointerfaces

Gallium-based liquid metals have presented fascinating properties including high electrical conductivity, excellent fluidity at room temperature, favorable biocompatibility and intriguing interfacial characteristics, which are especially suitable for flexible electronics and interfaces. Recently liquid metal-based electronics and devices have been used for biomedical applications such as bioelectronic systems and biomedical sensing for physiological signal monitoring. Underlying these applications, liquid metal-related researches from diverse perspectives have been carried out from the physio-chemical properties, patterning, molding and assembly techniques to device design and integration, which are also revealed in the present Research Topic. In anticipation of the future developments in this field, we compiled this Research Topic to provide latest advancements and perspectives on Liquid metal-based flexible bioelectronics and biointerfaces. This Research Topic includes two reviews and four original research articles, which range from basic material physics, manufacture techniques to bioelectronic applications.