Hydrogels for flexible electronics

Y Zhang, Y Tan, J Lao, H Gao, J Yu - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Hydrogels have emerged as promising materials for flexible electronics due to their unique
properties, such as high water content, softness, and biocompatibility. In this perspective, we …

Hydrogel sensors for biomedical electronics

J Ma, J Zhong, F Sun, B Liu, Z Peng, J Lian… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Hydrogels and their sensors are emerging as key players in biomedical electronics, offering
flexible, programmable structures and functions. Hydrogel-based sensors with stress–strain …

Fatigue‐Resistant Conducting Polymer Hydrogels as Strain Sensor for Underwater Robotics

Z Zhang, G Chen, Y Xue, Q Duan… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Conducting polymer hydrogels are widely used as strain sensors in light of their distinct skin‐
like softness, strain sensitivity, and environmental adaptiveness in the fields of wearable …

Room‐temperature self‐healing soft composite network with unprecedented crack propagation resistance enabled by a supramolecular assembled lamellar structure

JH Xu, YK Li, T Liu, D Wang, FY Sun, P Hu… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Soft self‐healing materials are compelling candidates for stretchable devices because of
their excellent compliance, extensibility, and self‐restorability. However, most existing soft …

Vascular smooth muscle-inspired architecture enables soft yet tough self-healing materials for durable capacitive strain-sensor

FY Sun, LF Liu, T Liu, XB Wang, Q Qi, ZS Hang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Catastrophically mechanical failure of soft self-healing materials is unavoidable due to their
inherently poor resistance to crack propagation. Here, with a model system, ie, soft self …

Fatigue-free artificial ionic skin toughened by self-healable elastic nanomesh

J Wang, B Wu, P Wei, S Sun, P Wu - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
Robust ionic sensing materials that are both fatigue-resistant and self-healable like human
skin are essential for soft electronics and robotics with extended service life. However, most …

Nanoconfined polymerization limits crack propagation in hysteresis-free gels

W Li, X Wang, Z Liu, X Zou, Z Shen, D Liu, L Li, Y Guo… - Nature Materials, 2024 - nature.com
Consecutive mechanical loading cycles cause irreversible fatigue damage and residual
strain in gels, affecting their service life and application scope. Hysteresis-free hydrogels …

Rapid gelation of tough and anti‐swelling hydrogels under mild conditions for underwater communication

M Pi, S Qin, S Wen, Z Wang, X Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Swelling is ubiquitous for conventional hydrogels but is not favorable for many situations,
especially underwater applications. In this study, an anti‐swelling and mechanically robust …

Supramolecular ionogels tougher than metals

W Li, L Li, Z Liu, S Zheng, Q Li, F Yan - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Common natural and synthetic high‐strength materials (such as rubber, plastics, ceramics,
and metals) undergo the occurrence of poor deformability. Achieving high strength and large …

Mechanically‐Compliant Bioelectronic Interfaces through Fatigue‐Resistant Conducting Polymer Hydrogel Coating

Y Xue, X Chen, F Wang, J Lin, J Liu - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Because of their distinct electrochemical and mechanical properties, conducting polymer
hydrogels have been widely exploited as soft, wet, and conducting coatings for conventional …