A conductive polyacrylamide hydrogel enabled by dispersion-enhanced MXene@chitosan assembly for highly stretchable and sensitive wearable skin

• Published in: Journal of materials chemistry. B, Materials for biology and medicine Vol. 9; no. 42; pp. 8862 - 887
• Main Authors: Liu, Yaqing, Xu, Daren, Ding, Yi, Lv, Xiaoxiao, Huang, Tingting, Yuan, Bolei, Jiang, Lin, Sun, Xueying, Yao, Yuanqing, Tang, Jun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Royal Society of Chemistry 03.11.2021
• Subjects: Acrylic Resins - chemistry; Acrylic Resins - pharmacology; Anti-Bacterial Agents - chemistry; Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology; Antibacterial activity; Charge transfer; Chitosan; Chitosan - chemistry; Chitosan - pharmacology; Conductivity; Current carriers; Dispersion; Electric Conductivity; Escherichia coli - drug effects; Flexibility; Human motion; Humans; Hydrogels; Mechanical properties; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Motion detection; Motion perception; MXenes; Nanocomposites - chemistry; Polyacrylamide; Self-assembly; Sensors; Skin; Staphylococcus aureus - drug effects; Strain; Wearable Electronic Devices; Wearable technology

MXene is recognized as an ideal material for sensitive wearable strain sensors because of its unique advantages of conductivity, hydrophilicity and mechanical properties. However, conventional hydrogel sensors utilizing MXene as a conductive material inevitably encounter the excessive accumulation o...