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Wiley, Advanced Functional Materials, 25(32), 2022

DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202201396

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A Structural Gel Composite Enabled Robust Underwater Mechanosensing Strategy with High Sensitivity

Journal article published in 2022 by Zibi Wang, Honghao Zhou, Dong Liu, Xue Chen, Ding Wang, Sheng Dai ORCID, Fei Chen, Ben Bin Xu ORCID
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Abstract

AbstractOne of the key challenges in developing gel‐based electronics is to achieve a robust sensing performance, by overcoming the intrinsic weaknesses such as unwanted swelling induced deformation, signal distortion caused by dehydration, and large hysteresis in sensing signal. In this work, a structural gel composite (SGC) approach is presented by encapsulating the conductive hydrogel/MXene with a lipid gel (Lipogel) layer through an in situ polymerization. The hydrophobic Lipogel coating fulfills the SGC with a unique anti‐swelling property at an aqueous environment and excellent dehydration feature at an open‐air, thus leading to long‐term ultra‐stability (over 90 days) and durability (over 2000 testing cycles) for underwater mechanosensing applications. As a result, the SGC based mechanoreceptor demonstrates high and stable sensitivity (GF of 14.5). Moreover, several SGC based conceptual sensors with high sensitivity are developed to unveil their profound potential in underwater monitoring of human motions, waterproof anti‐counterfeiting application, and tactile trajectory tracking.