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Water‐Induced Phase Separation for Anti‐Swelling Hydrogel Adhesives in Underwater Soft Electronics

The development of hydrogel‐based underwater electronics has gained significant attention due to their flexibility and portability compared to conventional rigid devices. However, common hydrogels face challenges such as swelling and poor underwater adhesion, limiting their practicality in water env...

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Autores principales: Li, Min, Lu, Honglang, Pi, Menghan, Zhou, Hui, Wang, Yufei, Yan, Bin, Cui, Wei, Ran, Rong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10646223/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37750254
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/advs.202304780
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author Li, Min
Lu, Honglang
Pi, Menghan
Zhou, Hui
Wang, Yufei
Yan, Bin
Cui, Wei
Ran, Rong
author_facet Li, Min
Lu, Honglang
Pi, Menghan
Zhou, Hui
Wang, Yufei
Yan, Bin
Cui, Wei
Ran, Rong
author_sort Li, Min
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description The development of hydrogel‐based underwater electronics has gained significant attention due to their flexibility and portability compared to conventional rigid devices. However, common hydrogels face challenges such as swelling and poor underwater adhesion, limiting their practicality in water environments. Here, a water‐induced phase separation strategy to fabricate hydrogels with enhanced anti‐swelling properties and underwater adhesion is presented. By leveraging the contrasting affinity of different polymer chains to water, a phase‐separated structure with rich hydrophobic and dilute hydrophilic polymer phases is achieved. This dual‐phase structure, meticulously characterized from the macroscopic to the nanoscale, confers the hydrogel network with augmented retractive elastic forces and facilitates efficient water drainage at the gel‐substrate interface. As a result, the hydrogel exhibits remarkable swelling resistance and long‐lasting adhesion to diverse substrates. Additionally, the integration of carboxylic multiwalled carbon nanotubes into the hydrogel system preserves its anti‐swelling and adhesion properties while imparting superior conductivity. The conductive phase‐separated hydrogel exhibited great potential in diverse underwater applications, including sensing, communication, and energy harvesting. This study elucidates a facile strategy for designing anti‐swelling underwater adhesives by leveraging the ambient solvent effect, which is expected to offer some insights for the development of next‐generation adhesive soft materials tailored for aqueous environments.
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spelling pubmed-106462232023-09-26 Water‐Induced Phase Separation for Anti‐Swelling Hydrogel Adhesives in Underwater Soft Electronics Li, Min Lu, Honglang Pi, Menghan Zhou, Hui Wang, Yufei Yan, Bin Cui, Wei Ran, Rong Adv Sci (Weinh) Research Articles The development of hydrogel‐based underwater electronics has gained significant attention due to their flexibility and portability compared to conventional rigid devices. However, common hydrogels face challenges such as swelling and poor underwater adhesion, limiting their practicality in water environments. Here, a water‐induced phase separation strategy to fabricate hydrogels with enhanced anti‐swelling properties and underwater adhesion is presented. By leveraging the contrasting affinity of different polymer chains to water, a phase‐separated structure with rich hydrophobic and dilute hydrophilic polymer phases is achieved. This dual‐phase structure, meticulously characterized from the macroscopic to the nanoscale, confers the hydrogel network with augmented retractive elastic forces and facilitates efficient water drainage at the gel‐substrate interface. As a result, the hydrogel exhibits remarkable swelling resistance and long‐lasting adhesion to diverse substrates. Additionally, the integration of carboxylic multiwalled carbon nanotubes into the hydrogel system preserves its anti‐swelling and adhesion properties while imparting superior conductivity. The conductive phase‐separated hydrogel exhibited great potential in diverse underwater applications, including sensing, communication, and energy harvesting. This study elucidates a facile strategy for designing anti‐swelling underwater adhesives by leveraging the ambient solvent effect, which is expected to offer some insights for the development of next‐generation adhesive soft materials tailored for aqueous environments. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023-09-26 /pmc/articles/PMC10646223/ /pubmed/37750254 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/advs.202304780 Text en © 2023 The Authors. Advanced Science published by Wiley‐VCH GmbH https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Li, Min
Lu, Honglang
Pi, Menghan
Zhou, Hui
Wang, Yufei
Yan, Bin
Cui, Wei
Ran, Rong
Water‐Induced Phase Separation for Anti‐Swelling Hydrogel Adhesives in Underwater Soft Electronics
title Water‐Induced Phase Separation for Anti‐Swelling Hydrogel Adhesives in Underwater Soft Electronics
title_full Water‐Induced Phase Separation for Anti‐Swelling Hydrogel Adhesives in Underwater Soft Electronics
title_fullStr Water‐Induced Phase Separation for Anti‐Swelling Hydrogel Adhesives in Underwater Soft Electronics
title_full_unstemmed Water‐Induced Phase Separation for Anti‐Swelling Hydrogel Adhesives in Underwater Soft Electronics
title_short Water‐Induced Phase Separation for Anti‐Swelling Hydrogel Adhesives in Underwater Soft Electronics
title_sort water‐induced phase separation for anti‐swelling hydrogel adhesives in underwater soft electronics
topic Research Articles
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10646223/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37750254
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/advs.202304780
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