Biomimicking natural wood to fabricate isotropically super-strong, tough, and transparent hydrogels for strain sensor and triboelectric nanogenerator applications
Yitong Xie, Xiaoyu Shi, Shishuai Gao, Chenhuan Lai, Chuanwei Lu, Yuxiang Huang, Daihui Zhang, Shuangxi Nie, Feng Xu, Fuxiang Chu
Abstract
We describe an efficient wood-inspired biomimicking strategy integrating multiscale structures to synthesize isotropically strong, tough, conductive, and transparent hydrogels as strain sensors and self-powered triboelectric nanogenerators.
Topics & Concepts
Triboelectric effectNanogeneratorMaterials scienceSelf-healing hydrogelsStrain (injury)Composite materialNanotechnologyPiezoelectricityPolymer chemistryInternal medicineMedicineAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsTactile and Sensory InteractionsAdvanced Materials and Mechanics