用于灵敏运动传感器和温度/湿度驱动致动器的具有优异机械性能的高粘性、可拉伸且抗冻水凝胶。
Highly Adhesive, Stretchable, and Antifreezing Hydrogel with Excellent Mechanical Properties for Sensitive Motion Sensors and Temperature-/Humidity-Driven Actuators.
作者信息
He Zhirui, Zhou Zixuan, Yuan Weizhong
机构信息
Department of Interventional and Vascular Surgery, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, People's Republic of China.
出版信息
ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2022 Aug 24;14(33):38205-38215. doi: 10.1021/acsami.2c10292. Epub 2022 Aug 11.
Conductive hydrogels as flexible wearable devices have attracted considerable attention due to their mechanical flexibility and intelligent sensing. How to endow more and better performance, such as high self-adhesion, stretchability, and wide application temperature range for traditional hydrogels and flexible sensors is a challenge. Herein, a stretchable, self-adhesive, and antifreezing conductive hydrogel with multiple networks and excellent mechanical properties was prepared by a two-step method for its application in sensitive motion sensors and temperature-/humidity-driven actuators. First, quaternary chitosan (QCS) was introduced into the network of an acrylamide (AM) and 1-vinyl imidazole (VI) copolymer initiated by UV-photoinitiated radical polymerization. Then, the double-network hydrogel was immersed in a FeCl solution to fabricate the P(AAm--VI)/QCS-Fe ionic hydrogel with multiple physical networks. The properties of the hydrogel were controllable and adjustable. The toughness of the ionic hydrogel could reach up to 654.4 kJ/m, the fracture strength could reach 253.1 kPa, and the compressive strength reached 8.4 MPa at an 80% compression strain. The multiple physical networks improved the mechanical properties and the quick resilience of the hydrogel. A large amount of FeCl in the network greatly enhanced the ionic conductivity. Meanwhile, hydrogen bonds with water molecules inhibit the formation of ice crystals between zero water molecules and enhance the freezing resistance of P(Aam--VI)/QCS hydrogels. The active group on the QCS chain provided adhesiveness to various substrates for hydrogels. The P(AAm--VI)/QCS-Fe hydrogel-based sensor showed high sensitivity, which can detect human movement and pulse, with a gauge factor of 2.37. Finally, due to the different dehydration rates of the P(AAm--VI)/QCS-Fe and P(AAm--VI)/QCS hydrogel, a double-layer temperature/humidity-driven actuator was fabricated, expanding the application of conductive hydrogels.
导电水凝胶作为柔性可穿戴设备,因其机械柔韧性和智能传感特性而备受关注。如何赋予传统水凝胶和柔性传感器更多更好的性能,如高自粘性、拉伸性和宽应用温度范围,是一项挑战。在此,通过两步法制备了一种具有多重网络结构和优异机械性能的可拉伸、自粘性和抗冻导电水凝胶,用于敏感运动传感器和温度/湿度驱动的致动器。首先,通过紫外光引发自由基聚合,将季铵化壳聚糖(QCS)引入丙烯酰胺(AM)和1-乙烯基咪唑(VI)共聚物网络中。然后,将双网络水凝胶浸入FeCl溶液中,制备具有多重物理网络的P(AAm-VI)/QCS-Fe离子水凝胶。水凝胶的性能可控且可调。离子水凝胶的韧性可达654.4 kJ/m,断裂强度可达253.1 kPa,在80%压缩应变下压缩强度达到8.4 MPa。多重物理网络改善了水凝胶的机械性能和快速恢复能力。网络中大量的FeCl极大地提高了离子电导率。同时,与水分子形成的氢键抑制了零摄氏度以下水分子间冰晶的形成,增强了P(Aam-VI)/QCS水凝胶的抗冻性。QCS链上的活性基团赋予水凝胶对各种基材的粘附性。基于P(AAm-VI)/QCS-Fe水凝胶的传感器具有高灵敏度,可检测人体运动和脉搏,应变灵敏度系数为2.37。最后,由于P(AAm-VI)/QCS-Fe和P(AAm-VI)/QCS水凝胶脱水速率不同,制备了双层温度/湿度驱动致动器,拓展了导电水凝胶的应用范围。