Self-healing and transparent ionic conductive PVA/pullulan/borax hydrogels with multi-sensing capabilities for wearable sensors.

Autor: Qing X; Chemical and Biochemical Reactor Engineering and Safety (CREaS), Department of Chemical Engineering, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200f, 3001 Leuven, Belgium., Liu Z; Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras, Caratheodory 1 St, 26504 Patras, Greece., Vananroye A; Soft Matter, Rheology and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200J, 3001 Leuven, Belgium., Franceschini F; Semiconductor Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200d, 3001 Leuven, Belgium., Bouropoulos N; Department of Materials Science, University of Patras, 26504 Patras, Greece; Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, Institute of Chemical Engineering and High Temperature Chemical Processes, Stadiou Street, Platani, 26504 Patras, Greece., Katsaounis A; Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras, Caratheodory 1 St, 26504 Patras, Greece., Taurino I; Micro and Nano Systems (MNS), Department of Electrical Engineering, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 10, 3001 Leuven, Belgium; Semiconductor Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200d, 3001 Leuven, Belgium., Fardim P; Chemical and Biochemical Reactor Engineering and Safety (CREaS), Department of Chemical Engineering, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200f, 3001 Leuven, Belgium. Electronic address: pedro.fardim@kuleuven.be.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: International journal of biological macromolecules [Int J Biol Macromol] 2024 Nov 22; Vol. 284 (Pt 1), pp. 137841. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Nov 22.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.137841
Abstrakt: Conductive hydrogels as wearable sensors have been used for numerous applications in human motion detection, personal healthcare monitoring and other diverse scenarios. However, it remains a challenge to integrate self-healing ability, multiple sensing capabilities, and transparency in one single unit. In this work, multifunctional polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)/Pullulan/Borax conductive hydrogels were fabricated by introducing borate ester bonds and hydrogen bonds. The described hydrogels showed fast self-healing properties, which could autonomously completely recover within 15 s. The hydrogels possessed high optical transparency (92.9%) in the visible light range and had multi-sensing capabilities, such as strain, temperature and humidity sensing. The assembled hydrogel sensor displayed a high strain sensitivity of 2.74 within the strain range of 300%, and it could be used to monitor human motions such as finger and wrist bending. In addition, the hydrogel sensor could sense temperature variations with a temperature coefficient of resistance of -0.914 °C -1 over 28-46 °C. Besides, the hydrogel sensor demonstrated the humidity sensing ability and can recognize human inhale and exhale. The overall sensing performance of the PVA/Pullulan/Borax hydrogel was satisfactory and repeatable. This conductive hydrogel shows great potential in wearable electronics and personal healthcare and inspires a new generation of multifunctional hydrogel sensors.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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