Ionogels: recent advances in design, material properties and emerging biomedical applications

X Fan, S Liu, Z Jia, JJ Koh, JCC Yeo… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Ionic liquid (IL)-based gels (ionogels) have received considerable attention due to their
unique advantages in ionic conductivity and their biphasic liquid–solid phase property. In …

Recent progress on smart fiber and textile based wearable strain sensors: materials, fabrications and applications

X Liu, J Miao, Q Fan, W Zhang, X Zuo, M Tian… - Advanced Fiber …, 2022 - Springer
With the rapid development of smart products, flexible and stretchable smart wearable
electronic devices gradually play an important role, and they are considered as the pioneers …

Tough and stretchable ionogels by in situ phase separation

M Wang, P Zhang, M Shamsi, JL Thelen, W Qian… - Nature materials, 2022 - nature.com
Ionogels are compelling materials for technological devices due to their excellent ionic
conductivity, thermal and electrochemical stability, and non-volatility. However, most existing …

A transparent, highly stretchable, solvent‐resistant, recyclable multifunctional ionogel with underwater self‐healing and adhesion for reliable strain sensors

L Xu, Z Huang, Z Deng, Z Du, TL Sun… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Ionogels have gained increasing attentions as a flexible conductive material. However, it
remains a big challenge to integrate multiple functions into one gel that can be widely …

Skin-like mechanoresponsive self-healing ionic elastomer from supramolecular zwitterionic network

W Zhang, B Wu, S Sun, P Wu - Nature Communications, 2021 - nature.com
Stretchable ionic skins are intriguing in mimicking the versatile sensations of natural skins.
However, for their applications in advanced electronics, good elastic recovery, self-healing …

Recent progress in essential functions of soft electronic skin

J Chen, Y Zhu, X Chang, D Pan, G Song… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Inspired by the human skin, electronic skins (e‐skins) composed of various flexible sensors,
such as strain sensor, pressure sensor, shear force sensor, temperature sensor, and humility …

Highly damping and self‐healable ionic elastomer from dynamic phase separation of sticky fluorinated polymers

H Xiang, X Li, B Wu, S Sun, P Wu - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Shock‐induced low‐frequency vibration damage is extremely harmful to bionic soft robots
and machines that may incur the malfunction of fragile electronic elements. However, current …

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 …

Roles of ionic liquids in adjusting nature of ionogels: a mini review

Z Luo, W Li, J Yan, J Sun - Advanced Functional Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past two decades, the unique features of ionic liquids (ILs) drive their exploration
and exploitation in gel field and endow the gels with many excellent properties including …

Mechanically robust, elastic, and healable ionogels for highly sensitive ultra‐durable ionic skins

T Li, Y Wang, S Li, X Liu, J Sun - Advanced Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The fabrication of highly durable skin‐mimicking sensors remains challenging because of
the unavoidable fatigue and physical damage that sensors are subjected to in practical …