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 …

Organogels versus hydrogels: advantages, challenges, and applications

MA Kuzina, DD Kartsev… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Organogels are an important class of gels, and are comparable to hydrogels owing to their
properties as liquid‐infused soft materials. Despite the extensive choice of liquid media and …

Hydro/organo/ionogels:“controllable” electromagnetic wave absorbers

Z Zhao, L Zhang, H Wu - Advanced Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Demand for electromagnetic wave (EMW) absorbers continues to increase with
technological advances in wearable electronics and military applications. In this study, a …

Environmentally stable, robust, adhesive, and conductive supramolecular deep eutectic gels as ultrasensitive flexible temperature sensor

P Yao, Q Bao, Y Yao, M Xiao, Z Xu, J Yang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
It is essential and of great significance to impart high mechanical performance,
environmental stability, and high sensitivity to emerging flexible temperature sensors. In this …

Vascular smooth muscle-inspired architecture enables soft yet tough self-healing materials for durable capacitive strain-sensor

FY Sun, LF Liu, T Liu, XB Wang, Q Qi, ZS Hang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Catastrophically mechanical failure of soft self-healing materials is unavoidable due to their
inherently poor resistance to crack propagation. Here, with a model system, ie, soft self …

Strong tough conductive hydrogels via the synergy of ion‐induced cross‐linking and salting‐out

W Cui, Y Zheng, R Zhu, Q Mu, X Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Ion is one of the most common additives that can impart electrical conductivity to insulating
hydrogels. The concurrent toughening effect of ions, however, is often neglected. This work …

Ultrastretchable ionogel with extreme environmental resilience through controlled hydration interactions

Y Ye, H Oguzlu, J Zhu, P Zhu, P Yang… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ionic conductive gels are widely sought after for applications that require reliable ionic
conduction and mechanical performance under extreme conditions, which remains a grand …

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 …

Rapid gelation of tough and anti‐swelling hydrogels under mild conditions for underwater communication

M Pi, S Qin, S Wen, Z Wang, X Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Swelling is ubiquitous for conventional hydrogels but is not favorable for many situations,
especially underwater applications. In this study, an anti‐swelling and mechanically robust …

Mechanically robust and highly conductive ionogels for soft ionotronics

M Zhang, R Yu, X Tao, Y He, X Li, F Tian… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ionogels are promising materials for flexible electronics due to their continuous conductive
phase, high thermal and chemical stability. However, a large amount of ionic liquid is …