This invention relates to a method for preparing
gallium-based
liquid metal ultrafine nanodroplets, belonging to the field of nanomaterial preparation technology. The method involves ultrasonically cleaning the
substrate surface to remove contaminants and
drying it to obtain a clean substrate. The clean substrate undergoes
surface modification treatment to obtain a modified substrate. The modified substrate is placed in a
vacuum evaporation chamber, and a high-purity
gallium-based
liquid metal source is placed in the
evaporation source container. The
vacuum evaporation chamber is then evaporated to a working
vacuum level. The temperature of the modified substrate in the
vacuum evaporation chamber is controlled to a preset
deposition temperature. The
evaporation source container is heated to the
evaporation temperature to evaporate the high-purity
gallium-based
liquid metal source, which is then deposited onto the modified
substrate surface for in-situ condensation,
nucleation, and growth into a discrete array of gallium-based liquid
metal nanodroplets. The resulting gallium-based liquid
metal ultrafine nanodroplet dispersion is obtained by physical peeling. This invention offers a simple, one-step process. By adjusting the substrate temperature and evaporation parameters, precise control over the size and distribution of the gallium-based liquid
metal ultrafine nanodroplets can be achieved.