Naturally sourced hydrogels: emerging fundamental materials for next-generation healthcare sensing

Z Wang, H Wei, Y Huang, Y Wei, J Chen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The flourishing development of flexible healthcare sensing systems is inseparable from the
fundamental materials with application-oriented mechanical and electrical properties …

Multifunctional conductive hydrogel-based flexible wearable sensors

L Wang, T Xu, X Zhang - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Flexible sensors have shown great potential in remote health monitoring, body movements
track, electronic skin, human-machine interfaces, and soft robotics. Hydrogels possess …

Peptide-enhanced tough, resilient and adhesive eutectogels for highly reliable strain/pressure sensing under extreme conditions

Y Zhang, Y Wang, Y Guan, Y Zhang - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
Natural gels and biomimetic hydrogel materials have been able to achieve outstanding
integrated mechanical properties due to the gain of natural biological structures. However …

Engineering self-adhesive polyzwitterionic hydrogel electrolytes for flexible zinc-ion hybrid capacitors with superior low-temperature adaptability

Q Fu, S Hao, L Meng, F Xu, J Yang - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Flexible zinc-ion hybrid capacitors (ZIHCs) based on hydrogel electrolytes are an up-and-
coming and highly promising candidate for potential large-scale energy storage due to their …

Cellulose nanofibrils enhanced, strong, stretchable, freezing‐tolerant ionic conductive organohydrogel for multi‐functional sensors

Y Ye, Y Zhang, Y Chen, X Han… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
To date, ionic conducting hydrogel attracts tremendous attention as an alternative to the
conventional rigid metallic conductors in fabricating flexible devices, owing to their intrinsic …

Self-healing, self-adhesive silk fibroin conductive hydrogel as a flexible strain sensor

H Zheng, N Lin, Y He, B Zuo - ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2021 - ACS Publications
Flexible and wearable hydrogel strain sensors have attracted tremendous attention for
applications in human motion and physiological signal monitoring. However, it is still a great …

Multifunctional ionic skin with sensing, UV‐filtering, water‐retaining, and anti‐freezing capabilities

J Wen, J Tang, H Ning, N Hu, Y Zhu… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Conductive polymer hydrogels are receiving considerable attention in applications such as
soft robots and human‐machine interfaces. Herein, a transparent and highly ionically …

Advanced soft materials, sensor integrations, and applications of wearable flexible hybrid electronics in healthcare, energy, and environment

HR Lim, HS Kim, R Qazi, YT Kwon… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Recent advances in soft materials and system integration technologies have provided a
unique opportunity to design various types of wearable flexible hybrid electronics (WFHE) …

Stretchable and tough conductive hydrogels for flexible pressure and strain sensors

Z Wang, Y Cong, J Fu - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Flexible pressure and strain sensors have great potential for applications in wearable and
implantable devices, soft robotics and artificial skin. Compared to flexible sensors based on …

Dopamine-triggered hydrogels with high transparency, self-adhesion, and thermoresponse as skinlike sensors

C Zhang, Y Zhou, H Han, H Zheng, W Xu, Z Wang - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Mussel-inspired conductive hydrogels are attractive for the development of next-generation
self-adhesive, flexible skinlike sensors. However, despite extensive progress, there are still …