Issue 36, 2022, Issue in Progress

Nature-inspired preparation of self-adhesive, frost-resistant, and ion-conductive hydrogels for flexible strain sensors

Abstract

A nature-inspired strategy has been developed to prepare polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)/catechol-modified quaternized chitosan (QCS-C)/MXene hydrogels with good self-adhesion, frost-resistance, and high ion-conductivity. The PVA/QCS-C/MXene hydrogel shows an ionic conductivity of 8.82 S m−1 and a gauge factor of 33.53 at low strain (0–10%), and remains flexible and conductive at −47 °C. The PVA/QCS-C15/MXene hydrogel displays promising potential as an ionically conductive hydrogel sensor for applications in flexible electronic devices.

Graphical abstract: Nature-inspired preparation of self-adhesive, frost-resistant, and ion-conductive hydrogels for flexible strain sensors

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
21 Jun 2022
Accepted
14 Aug 2022
First published
19 Aug 2022
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2022,12, 23637-23643

Nature-inspired preparation of self-adhesive, frost-resistant, and ion-conductive hydrogels for flexible strain sensors

T. Zhang, L. Meng, Y. Hu, Z. Ouyang, W. Li, B. Xie, F. Zhu, J. Wan and Q. Wu, RSC Adv., 2022, 12, 23637 DOI: 10.1039/D2RA03822F

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