Ultrastable, stretchable, highly conductive and transparent hydrogels enabled by salt-percolation for high-performance temperature and strain sensing
Zixuan Wu, Wenxiong Shi, Haojun Ding, Bizhang Zhong, Wenxi Huang, Yubin Zhou, Xuchun Gui, Xi Xie, Jin Wu
Abstract
Salt-percolated hydrogels show excellent anti-freezing and anti-drying abilities, high conductivity at ultralow temperatures (−78.5 °C), and excellent thermal and strain sensing performance, which can monitor various physiological signals.
Topics & Concepts
Materials scienceSelf-healing hydrogelsPercolation (cognitive psychology)Strain (injury)Electrical conductorSalt (chemistry)NanotechnologyComposite materialPolymer chemistryPhysical chemistryBiologyMedicineInternal medicineChemistryNeuroscienceAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsGas Sensing Nanomaterials and SensorsConducting polymers and applications