Healable, Degradable, and Conductive MXene Nanocomposite Hydrogel for Multifunctional Epidermal Sensors
Autor: | Lingzhang He, Xiaobin Li, Liqun Zhang, Pengbo Wan, Yanfei Li, Mingkun Li, Mingyuan Chao |
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Rok vydání: | 2021 |
Předmět: |
Fabrication
Materials science Polymers General Physics and Astronomy Nanogels Nanotechnology 02 engineering and technology 010402 general chemistry 01 natural sciences Wearable Electronic Devices Humans General Materials Science Electrical conductor chemistry.chemical_classification Mechanical property Nanocomposite integumentary system Conformal coating technology industry and agriculture General Engineering Electric Conductivity Hydrogels Polymer 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology 0104 chemical sciences chemistry Self-healing Self-healing hydrogels 0210 nano-technology |
Zdroj: | ACS nano. 15(4) |
ISSN: | 1936-086X |
Popis: | Conductive hydrogels have emerged as promising material candidates for epidermal sensors due to their similarity to biological tissues, good wearability, and high accuracy of information acquisition. However, it is difficult to simultaneously achieve conductive hydrogel-based epidermal sensors with reliable healability for long-term usage, robust mechanical property, environmental degradability for decreased electronic waste, and sensing capability of the physiological stimuli and the electrophysiological signals. Herein, we propose the synthesis strategy of a multifunctional epidermal sensor based on the highly stretchable, self-healing, degradable, and biocompatible nanocomposite hydrogel, which is fabricated from the conformal coating of a MXene (Ti3C2Tx) network by the hydrogel polymer networks involving poly(acrylic acid) and amorphous calcium carbonate. The epidermal sensor can be employed to sensitively detect human motions with the fast response time (20 ms) and to serve as electronic skins for wirelessly monitoring the electrophysiological signals (such as the electromyogram and electrocardiogram signals). Meanwhile, the multifunctional epidermal sensor could be degraded in phosphate buffered saline solution, which could not cause any pollution to the environment. This line of research work sheds light on the fabrication of the healable, degradable, and electrophysiological signal-sensitive conductive hydrogel-based epidermal sensors with potential applications in human-machine interactions, healthy diagnosis, and smart robot prosthesis devices. |
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