3D Printed Ultrastretchable, Hyper-Antifreezing Conductive Hydrogel for Sensitive Motion and Electrophysiological Signal Monitoring
Conductive hydrogels with high stretchability can extend their applications as a flexible electrode in electronics, biomedicine, human-machine interfaces, and sensors. However, their time-consuming fabrication and narrow ranges of working temperature and working voltage severely limit their further...
Main Authors: | , , , , , |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2020-01-01
|
Series: | Research |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.34133/2020/1426078 |
_version_ | 1797283271618330624 |
---|---|
author | Zhaolong Wang Lei Chen Yiqin Chen Peng Liu Huigao Duan Ping Cheng |
author_facet | Zhaolong Wang Lei Chen Yiqin Chen Peng Liu Huigao Duan Ping Cheng |
author_sort | Zhaolong Wang |
collection | DOAJ |
description | Conductive hydrogels with high stretchability can extend their applications as a flexible electrode in electronics, biomedicine, human-machine interfaces, and sensors. However, their time-consuming fabrication and narrow ranges of working temperature and working voltage severely limit their further potential applications. Herein, a conductive nanocomposite network hydrogel fabricated by projection microstereolithography (PμSL) based 3D printing is proposed, enabling fast fabrication ability with high precision. The 3D printed hydrogels exhibit ultra-stretchability (2500%), hyper-antifreezing (-125°C), extremely low working voltage (<100 μV), and super cyclic tensile stability (1 million cycles). The hydrogel-based strain sensor can probe both large-scale and tiny human motions, even with ultralow voltage of 100 μV at extremely low temperature around −115°C. It is demonstrated that the present hydrogels can be used as a flexible electrode for capturing human electrophysiological signals (EOG and EEG), where the alpha and beta waves from the brain can be recorded precisely. Therefore, the present hydrogels will pave the way for the development of next-generation intelligent electronics, especially for those working under extremely low-temperature environments. |
first_indexed | 2024-03-07T17:28:39Z |
format | Article |
id | doaj.art-f30728cc06ca4d68baa99a01a16861d6 |
institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
issn | 2639-5274 |
language | English |
last_indexed | 2024-03-07T17:28:39Z |
publishDate | 2020-01-01 |
publisher | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) |
record_format | Article |
series | Research |
spelling | doaj.art-f30728cc06ca4d68baa99a01a16861d62024-03-02T18:34:43ZengAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)Research2639-52742020-01-01202010.34133/2020/14260783D Printed Ultrastretchable, Hyper-Antifreezing Conductive Hydrogel for Sensitive Motion and Electrophysiological Signal MonitoringZhaolong Wang0Lei Chen1Yiqin Chen2Peng Liu3Huigao Duan4Ping Cheng5National Research Center for High-Efficiency Grinding, College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, ChinaNational Research Center for High-Efficiency Grinding, College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, ChinaNational Research Center for High-Efficiency Grinding, College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, ChinaNational Research Center for High-Efficiency Grinding, College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, ChinaNational Research Center for High-Efficiency Grinding, College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, ChinaMOE Key Laboratory for Power Machinery and Engineering, School of Mechanical and Power Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, ChinaConductive hydrogels with high stretchability can extend their applications as a flexible electrode in electronics, biomedicine, human-machine interfaces, and sensors. However, their time-consuming fabrication and narrow ranges of working temperature and working voltage severely limit their further potential applications. Herein, a conductive nanocomposite network hydrogel fabricated by projection microstereolithography (PμSL) based 3D printing is proposed, enabling fast fabrication ability with high precision. The 3D printed hydrogels exhibit ultra-stretchability (2500%), hyper-antifreezing (-125°C), extremely low working voltage (<100 μV), and super cyclic tensile stability (1 million cycles). The hydrogel-based strain sensor can probe both large-scale and tiny human motions, even with ultralow voltage of 100 μV at extremely low temperature around −115°C. It is demonstrated that the present hydrogels can be used as a flexible electrode for capturing human electrophysiological signals (EOG and EEG), where the alpha and beta waves from the brain can be recorded precisely. Therefore, the present hydrogels will pave the way for the development of next-generation intelligent electronics, especially for those working under extremely low-temperature environments.http://dx.doi.org/10.34133/2020/1426078 |
spellingShingle | Zhaolong Wang Lei Chen Yiqin Chen Peng Liu Huigao Duan Ping Cheng 3D Printed Ultrastretchable, Hyper-Antifreezing Conductive Hydrogel for Sensitive Motion and Electrophysiological Signal Monitoring Research |
title | 3D Printed Ultrastretchable, Hyper-Antifreezing Conductive Hydrogel for Sensitive Motion and Electrophysiological Signal Monitoring |
title_full | 3D Printed Ultrastretchable, Hyper-Antifreezing Conductive Hydrogel for Sensitive Motion and Electrophysiological Signal Monitoring |
title_fullStr | 3D Printed Ultrastretchable, Hyper-Antifreezing Conductive Hydrogel for Sensitive Motion and Electrophysiological Signal Monitoring |
title_full_unstemmed | 3D Printed Ultrastretchable, Hyper-Antifreezing Conductive Hydrogel for Sensitive Motion and Electrophysiological Signal Monitoring |
title_short | 3D Printed Ultrastretchable, Hyper-Antifreezing Conductive Hydrogel for Sensitive Motion and Electrophysiological Signal Monitoring |
title_sort | 3d printed ultrastretchable hyper antifreezing conductive hydrogel for sensitive motion and electrophysiological signal monitoring |
url | http://dx.doi.org/10.34133/2020/1426078 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT zhaolongwang 3dprintedultrastretchablehyperantifreezingconductivehydrogelforsensitivemotionandelectrophysiologicalsignalmonitoring AT leichen 3dprintedultrastretchablehyperantifreezingconductivehydrogelforsensitivemotionandelectrophysiologicalsignalmonitoring AT yiqinchen 3dprintedultrastretchablehyperantifreezingconductivehydrogelforsensitivemotionandelectrophysiologicalsignalmonitoring AT pengliu 3dprintedultrastretchablehyperantifreezingconductivehydrogelforsensitivemotionandelectrophysiologicalsignalmonitoring AT huigaoduan 3dprintedultrastretchablehyperantifreezingconductivehydrogelforsensitivemotionandelectrophysiologicalsignalmonitoring AT pingcheng 3dprintedultrastretchablehyperantifreezingconductivehydrogelforsensitivemotionandelectrophysiologicalsignalmonitoring |