Empowering soft conductive elastomers with self-reinforcement and remarkable resilience <i>via</i> phase-locking ions
Kai Lu, Zaizheng Sun, Jinming Liu, Cheng-Yi Huang, Dongsheng Mao, Haiming Chen
Abstract
This work reports a self-reinforcing ion-conductive elastomer with an ultimate strength of ∼51.0 MPa and an instant resilient efficiency of ∼92.9%, which can be utilized for grid-free position recognition sensors.
Topics & Concepts
Resilience (materials science)Materials scienceElastomerReinforcementIonElectrical conductorPhase (matter)Soft materialsComposite materialNanotechnologyChemistryOrganic chemistryConducting polymers and applicationsAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsDielectric materials and actuators