Polymer semiconductors: synthesis, processing, and applications

L Ding, ZD Yu, XY Wang, ZF Yao, Y Lu… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Polymer semiconductors composed of a carbon-based π conjugated backbone have been
studied for several decades as active layers of multifarious organic electronic devices. They …

Molecular design strategies toward improvement of charge injection and ionic conduction in organic mixed ionic–electronic conductors for organic electrochemical …

NA Kukhta, A Marks, CK Luscombe - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Expanding the toolbox of the biology and electronics mutual conjunction is a primary aim of
bioelectronics. The organic electrochemical transistor (OECT) has undeniably become a …

[HTML][HTML] Hydrogel soft robotics

Y Lee, WJ Song, JY Sun - Materials Today Physics, 2020 - Elsevier
With the rapidly growing attention to human-robot interfaces, soft robotics has attracted a
great deal of interest. Soft robots have diverse advantages, including compliancy and safety …

Recent advances in bipolar membrane design and applications

PK Giesbrecht, MS Freund - Chemistry of Materials, 2020 - ACS Publications
Integration of bipolar membranes (BPMs) into electrochemical cells is an established
method for acid and base generation, as well as desalinization methods. More recently …

Hydrogels for bioinspired soft robots

CS Park, YW Kang, H Na, JY Sun - Progress in Polymer Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Amid the ever-advancing landscape of industrial robotics, soft robots in particular have
attracted substantial attention due to their remarkable structural adaptability and high …

A decade of iontronic delivery devices

T Arbring Sjöström, M Berggren… - Advanced Materials …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In contrast to electronic systems, biology rarely uses electrons as the signal to regulate
functions, but rather ions and molecules of varying size. Due to the unique combination of …

Iontronic analog of synaptic plasticity: Hydrogel-based ionic diode with chemical precipitation and dissolution

SH Han, SI Kim, MA Oh… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
In this study, an aqueous nonlinear synaptic element showing plasticity behavior is
developed, which is based on the chemical processes in an ionic diode. The device is …

Designing with Iontronic Logic Gates─ From a Single Polyelectrolyte Diode to an Integrated Ionic Circuit

B Sabbagh, NE Fraiman, A Fish… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
This article presents the implementation of on-chip iontronic circuits via small-scale
integration of multiple ionic logic gates made of bipolar polyelectrolyte diodes. These ionic …

Ionic amplifying circuits inspired by electronics and biology

RA Lucas, CY Lin, LA Baker, ZS Siwy - Biophysical Journal, 2020 - cell.com
Biological ion channels are a fundamental component of all cells and enable an immense
amount of processes which are essential for life. Some of these channels possess inherently …

Iontronics: Aqueous ion-based engineering for bioinspired functionalities and applications

SH Han, MA Oh, TD Chung - Chemical Physics Reviews, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Iontronics is an artificial platform using ions or molecules as signal carriers in an aqueous
environment and is inspired by biological systems and their operating principles …