Journal
ADVANCED SCIENCE
Volume 8, Issue 20, Pages -Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/advs.202102156
Keywords
bio-inspired; electronic skin; hydrogel; PEDOT; PSS; silk fibroin; structural color
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Funding
- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2020YFA0908200]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [52073060, 61927805]
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu [BE2018707]
- Shenzhen Fundamental Research Program [JCYJ20190813152616459]
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The authors proposed a novel composite structural color hydrogel film for constructing ideal multiple-signal bionic electronic skins, showing obvious color variation and electromechanical properties for real-time color sensing and electrical response. This new material widens the practical value of bionic electronic skins.
Electronic skins have received increasing attention in biomedical areas. Current efforts about electronic skins are focused on the development of multifunctional materials to improve their performance. Here, the authors propose a novel natural-synthetic polymers composite structural color hydrogel film with high stretchability, flexibility, conductivity, and superior self-reporting ability to construct ideal multiple-signal bionic electronic skins. The composite hydrogel film is prepared by using the mixture of polyacrylamide (PAM), silk fibroin (SF), poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly (4-styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS, PP), and graphene oxide (GO) to replicate colloidal crystal templates and construct inverse opal scaffolds, followed by subsequent acid treatment. Due to these specific structures and components, the resultant film is imparted with vivid structural color and high conductivity while retaining the composite hydrogel's original stretchability and flexibility. The authors demonstrate that the composite hydrogel film has obvious color variation and electromechanical properties during the stretching and bending process, which could thus be utilized as a multi-signal response electronic skin to realize real-time color sensing and electrical response during human motions. These features indicate that the proposed composite structural color hydrogel film can widen the practical value of bionic electronic skins.
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