A “soft and hard” bioinspired hydrogel for enhanced pressure sensing
Hua Yuan, Jian Zhang, Jiaqi Zhang, Manting Wang, Jie‐Xin Wang, Le Yuan
Abstract
A novel hydrogel with a “soft and hard” composite structure is built by utilizing poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) and chrome shavings, and possesses collagen fibril-PVA mixed synapses and a fiber skeleton structure with nested PVA pores.
Topics & Concepts
Vinyl alcoholMaterials scienceComposite numberComposite materialFiberSelf-healing hydrogelsChemical engineeringPolymerPolymer chemistryEngineeringAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsElectrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical ApplicationsAdvanced Materials and Mechanics