Highly Conducting and Ultra-Stretchable Wearable Ionic Liquid-Free Transducer for Wireless Monitoring of Physical Motions.

Autor: Tanguy NR; Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, 04510, México.; Centro de Física Aplicada y Tecnología Avanzada, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Querétaro, Querétaro, 76230, México., Rajabi-Abhari A; Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, M5S 3E5, Canada., Williams-Linera E; Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica, Tonantzintla, 72840, México., Miao Z; Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, M5S 3E5, Canada., Tratnik N; Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, M5S 3E5, Canada., Zhang X; Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, M5S 3E5, Canada., Hao C; Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, M5S 3E5, Canada., Virya A; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3E4, Canada., Yan N; Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, M5S 3E5, Canada., Lagadec RL; Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, 04510, México.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Macromolecular rapid communications [Macromol Rapid Commun] 2024 Dec; Vol. 45 (23), pp. e2400418. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 30.
DOI: 10.1002/marc.202400418
Abstrakt: Wearable strain transducers are poised to transform the field of healthcare owing to the promise of personalized devices capable of real-time collection of human physiological health indicators. For instance, monitoring patients' progress following injury and/or surgery during physiotherapy is crucial but rarely performed outside clinics. Herein, multifunctional liquid-free ionic elastomers are designed through the volume effect and the formation of dynamic hydrogen bond networks between polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and weak acids (phosphoric acid, phytic acid, formic acid, citric acid). An ultra-stretchable (4600% strain), highly conducting (10 mS cm -1 ), self-repairable (77% of initial strain), and adhesive ionic elastomer is obtained at high loadings of phytic acid (4:1 weight to PVA). Moreover, the elastomer displayed durable performances, with intact mechanical properties after a year of storage. The elastomer is used as a transducer to monitor human motions in a device comprising an ESP32-based development board. The device detected walking and/or running biomechanics and communicated motion-sensing data (i.e., amplitude, frequency) wirelessly. The reported technology can also be applied to other body parts to monitor recovery after injury and/or surgery and inform practitioners of motion biomechanics remotely and in real time to increase convalescence effectiveness, reduce clinic appointments, and prevent injuries.
(© 2024 The Author(s). Macromolecular Rapid Communications published by Wiley‐VCH GmbH.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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