Sun Shuxian, Zhang Guoxu, Li Xiaolong, Li Tao, Fu Mengyuan, Han Qiming, He Hanna, Tang Xin, Zhang Chuhong
State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Polymer Research Institute, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, PR China.
Orthopedic Research Institute and Department of Orthopedics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, PR China; Sports Medicine Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, PR China.
J Colloid Interface Sci. 2025 Nov 15;698:138019. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2025.138019. Epub 2025 May 30.
Conductive hydrogels have garnered substantial attention in wearable flexible electronics owing to their exceptional mechanical flexibility and comfort, yet the development of durable hydrogels with high sensitivity under low pressure remains a critical challenge. Here, we propose a facile one-pot in-situ polymerization strategy for the creation of a semi-interpenetrating network hydrogel pressure sensor, integrating polyethylene glycol (PEG) embedded in a crosslinked polyacrylamide (PAM) matrix, with MXene serving as the conductive filler. The resulting semi-interpenetrating network, formed by PEG through its flexible chains and hydrogen bonding interactions with both PAM and MXene, endows the hydrogel with excellent deformation resistance and superior mechanical properties, without compromising its electrical conductivity. Notably, the hydrogel demonstrates a remarkable peak tensile strength of 762 kPa at a strain of up to 1226 %, with full recovery after 70 % compression, and the assembled hydrogel sensor achieves a sensitivity of 6.69 kPa within a rather small pressure range from 0 to 10 kPa. Owing to its ultra-sensitivity, biocompatibility and flexible wearability, the assembled sensor reveals significant medical application potentials, such as aiding deaf- mutes through handwriting recognition and throat vibration-speech translation, detecting unconsciously subtle eye or limb movement for accurate epilepsy diagnosis, as well as expediting the wound healing by further optimizing its composition.
由于具有出色的机械柔韧性和舒适性,导电水凝胶在可穿戴柔性电子领域备受关注,然而,开发在低压下具有高灵敏度的耐用型水凝胶仍然是一项严峻挑战。在此,我们提出了一种简便的一锅法原位聚合策略,用于制备半互穿网络水凝胶压力传感器,该传感器将嵌入交联聚丙烯酰胺(PAM)基质中的聚乙二醇(PEG)与作为导电填料的MXene相结合。由PEG通过其柔性链以及与PAM和MXene的氢键相互作用形成的半互穿网络,赋予了水凝胶优异的抗变形能力和卓越的机械性能,同时不影响其导电性。值得注意的是,该水凝胶在高达1226%的应变下展现出762 kPa的显著峰值拉伸强度,在70%压缩后能完全恢复,并且组装后的水凝胶传感器在0至10 kPa的相当小的压力范围内实现了6.69 kPa的灵敏度。由于其超高灵敏度、生物相容性和灵活的可穿戴性,组装后的传感器展现出显著的医学应用潜力,例如通过手写识别和喉部振动语音翻译帮助聋哑人,检测无意识的细微眼部或肢体运动以进行准确的癫痫诊断,以及通过进一步优化其组成加速伤口愈合。