From design to applications of stimuli-responsive hydrogel strain sensors
Stimuli-responsive hydrogel strain sensors that synergize the advantages of both soft-wet hydrogels and smart functional materials have attracted rapidly increasing interest for exploring the opportunities from material design principles to emerging applications in electronic skins, health monitors,...
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| Published in | Journal of materials chemistry. B, Materials for biology and medicine Vol. 8; no. 16; pp. 3171 - 3191 |
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| Main Authors | , , , , , , , , , , , |
| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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England
Royal Society of Chemistry
29.04.2020
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| Summary: | Stimuli-responsive hydrogel strain sensors that synergize the advantages of both soft-wet hydrogels and smart functional materials have attracted rapidly increasing interest for exploring the opportunities from material design principles to emerging applications in electronic skins, health monitors, and human-machine interfaces. Stimuli-responsive hydrogel strain sensors possess smart and on-demand ability to specifically recognize various external stimuli and convert them into strain-induced mechanical, thermal, optical, and electrical signals. This review presents an up-to-date summary over the past five years on hydrogel strain sensors from different aspects, including material designs, gelation/fabrication methods, stimuli-responsive principles, and sensing performance. Hydrogel strain sensors are classified into five major categories based on the nature of the stimuli, and representative examples from each category are carefully selected and discussed in terms of structures, response mechanisms, and potential medical applications. Finally, current challenges and future perspectives of hydrogel strain sensors are tentatively proposed to stimulate more and better research in this emerging field.
Stimuli-responsive hydrogel strain sensors that synergize the advantages of both hydrogel and smart functional materials have attracted increasing interest from material design to emerging applications in health monitors and human-machine interfaces. |
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| Bibliography: | Dr Lijian Xu is a Professor of the College of Life Sciences and Chemistry at Hunan University of Technology, China. He earned his PhD in 2009 from the State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, Southeast University and later joined Hunan University of Technology in 2006. He has published more than 40 papers in the field of functional nanomaterials and biosensors for biomedical applications. Dr Yi He is an Associate Professor of College of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Zhejiang University and an Affiliate Associate Professor of Department of Chemical Engineering at University of Washington, Seattle. He earned his BS and PhD in Chemical Engineering at Zhejiang University, China (2000) and University of Washington (2008), respectively. His recent work has been primarily focused on developing new materials and technologies to improve human health and promote environmental sustainability without sacrificing economic viability and efficiency. Dong Zhang is currently pursuing his PhD degree in the Department of Chemical, Biomolecular, and Corrosion Engineering at the University of Akron (UA) under the guidance of Prof. Jie Zheng. He received his BE (2016) and ME (2018) in Materials Science and Engineering at Zhejiang University of Technology, China. His current research focuses on the synthesis and characterization of biocompatible and functionlizable polymers for biomedical applications. He has published 26 peer-reviewed papers. Yanxian Zhang is currently pursuing her PhD degree in the Department of Chemical, Biomolecular, and Corrosion Engineering at the University of Akron (UA) under the guidance of Prof. Jie Zheng. She received her BS (2014) and MS (2017) degree in Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Science and Technology Beijing, China. Her research interest mainly focuses on smart hydrogels, amyloid proteins, and antifouling materials, with 20+ papers published in these fields. Dr Qinyuan Huang is an Assistant Professor at the School of Automation and Information Engineering at Sichuan University of Science and Engineering, China. He received his PhD in Mechatronic Engineering in 2016 at Sichuan University, China. His research interests include artificial intelligence, signal processing, evolutionary computation, and nondestructive testing of composite materials. Dr Xuefeng Li is a Professor of Polymer Materials Engineering at Hubei University of Technology (China). Li earned his BS and PhD in Polymer Materials Engineering at Hubei University of Technology (1995) and Huazhong University of Science and Technology (2005), respectively. His current research mainly focuses on the design, synthesis, and application of soft and wet polymer materials. He has authored over 100 peer-reviewed papers. Dr Jintao Yang is a Professor of College of Materials Science and Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology. He received his BS and PhD in chemical engineering at China University of Petroleum (2000) and Zhejiang University (2005), respectively. His main research interests include polymer processing, polymer surfaces and interfaces, in particular smart materials based on zwitterionic polymers for biological and sensing applications. He has published over 70 peer reviewed papers. Dr Baiping Ren is currently an ORISE (Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education) fellow in NCTR (National Center for Toxicological Research) of FDA and received her PhD of Chemical, Biomolecular, and Corrosion Engineering at the University of Akron (UA) from the Zheng lab in 2019. She has published 33 papers in several interdisciplinary research fields of smart polymers, antifouling materials, tough hydrogels, amyloid inhibitors, and antibacterial materials. Dr Jie Zheng is a Professor of Chemical, Biomolecular, and Corrosion Engineering at University of Akron (UA). Zheng earned his BS and PhD in Chemical Engineering at Zhejiang University, China (1995) and University of Washington (2005), respectively. His current research mainly focuses on the design/engineering, synthesis, and application of better bio-functional and bio-mimetic soft materials. He has authored over 200 peer-reviewed papers, with an h-index of 54 and citation of 10 000+, and served on Editorial Boards and as an Editor in J. Materials Chemistry B, ACS Applied Bio Materials, PLoS One, and others. Dr Qiang Chen is a Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Henan Polytechnic University, China (HPU). Chen earned his BS and PhD in Chemistry and Polymer Chemistry and Physics at Henan University, China (2004) and Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2009), respectively. He joined HPU in 2009. His current research mainly focuses on tough hydrogels, adhesive hydrogels, and conductive hydrogels, and their functional applications. He has authored over 50+ peer-reviewed papers, with an h-index of 24 and citation of 1900+. Dr Yung Chang is a Distinguished Professor and the Director of the R&D center for Membrane Technology at Chung Yuan Christian University (CYCU), Taiwan. Chang earned his PhD in Chemical Engineering at National Taiwan University (2004). His current research mainly focuses on molecular design, technology development, and healthcare applications of bio-mimetic zwitterionic interfaces and membranes. He has authored over 200 peer-reviewed papers and served on Editorial Boards and as an Editors in J. Polymer Research, and J. Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers. Dr Jiang Wu is currently an Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Wenzhou Medical University. She received her BS in Pharmaceutical Engineering (2009) and PhD in Applied Chemistry (2014) at Zhejiang University, China. She has special research interest in the design, synthesis, and engineering of bioinspired materials for wound regeneration, and has published 20+ papers in this field. ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 14 ObjectType-Review-3 content type line 23 |
| ISSN: | 2050-750X 2050-7518 2050-7518 |
| DOI: | 10.1039/c9tb02692d |