Conducting polymer films and bioelectrodes combining high adhesion and electro-mechanical self-healing
Xin Zhou, Pierre Kateb, Jiaxin Fan, Jinsil Kim, Gregory A. Lodygensky, Bénédicte Amilhon, Damiano Pasini, Fabio Cicoira
Abstract
Soft PEDOT/EG/TA films exhibited a low Young's modulus of ~450 kPa, high adhesion, stretchability of ~90% strain, and outstanding self-healing ability. Epidermal electrodes prepared using these films showed high-quality ECG and EMG signal recordings.
Topics & Concepts
Materials sciencePEDOT:PSSAdhesionPolymerComposite materialModulusElectrodeStrain (injury)Self-healingNanotechnologyBiomedical engineeringPhysical chemistryAlternative medicineMedicineChemistryPathologyInternal medicineAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsConducting polymers and applicationsDielectric materials and actuators