Stabilized liquid-solid electrical contact

A contact, comprising:

• a first contact member having a base with an exposed surface, the base having a first pocket opening to the exposed surface, the first pocket having a circumscribing side wall and a bottom wall that define an interior of the first pocket, and the base comprising a contact material;
• a first metal layer on the bottom wall of the first pocket and having a top surface that is below the exposed surface of the first contact member, wherein the first metal layer is different from the contact material;
• a liquid metal layer on the top surface of the first metal layer and extending above the exposed surface of the first contact member, wherein a portion of the top surface is configured to be wettable by a liquid metal of the liquid metal layer;
• and
• a second contact member having a contact surface, the second contact member positioned adjacent the first contact member in an open position and movable to a closed position in which the contact surface of the second contact member contacts and compresses the liquid metal layer.