Mussel‐Inspired Flexible, Wearable, and Self‐Adhesive Conductive Hydrogels for Strain Sensors

• Published in: Macromolecular rapid communications. Vol. 41; no. 2; pp. e1900450 - n/a
• Main Authors: Lv, Rui, Bei, Zhongwu, Huang, Yuan, Chen, Yangwei, Zheng, Zhiqiang, You, Qingliang, Zhu, Chao, Cao, Yiping
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.01.2020
• Subjects: Acrylic Resins - chemistry; Adhesive strength; Adhesives; Adhesives - chemistry; Animals; Automation; Biosensing Techniques; Bivalvia - chemistry; Borates - chemistry; Borax; Conductivity; Conductors; Dopamine; Dopamine - chemistry; Elasticity; Electric Conductivity; flexible; Human motion; Humans; Hyaluronic acid; Hyaluronic Acid - chemistry; Hydrogels; Hydrogels - chemistry; Ions - chemistry; Manufacturing engineering; Mollusks; Motion; Polyacrylamide; Robotics; Room temperature; self‐adhesive; Shear Strength; strain sensors; Stretchability; wearable devices; Wearable Electronic Devices; Wearable technology; self-adhesive; wearable devices; hydrogels; strain sensors; flexible

The latest generation of wearable devices features materials that are flexible, conductive, and stretchable, thus meeting the requirements of stability and reliability. However, the metal conductors that are currently used in various equipments cannot achieve these high performance expectations. Hen...