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Nano Research 2023, 16(4): 5464-5472 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-022-5151-3
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Thermal-sensitive ionogel with NIR-light controlled adhesion for ultrasoft strain sensor

Show Author's Information Bing Lei1,  Longxue Cao1,  Xinyu Qu2,  Yunlong Liu1,  Jinjun Shao2,  Qian Wang2( ),  Shuhong Li1( ),  Wenjun Wang1,  Xiaochen Dong2,3( )
School of Physical Science and Information Technology, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252059, China
Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), Nanjing 211816, China
School of Chemistry & Materials Science, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China
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With the widespread prevailing of flexible electronics in human–machine interfaces, health monitor, and human motion detection, ultrasoft flexible sensors are urgently desired with critical demands in conformality. Herein, a temperature-sensitive ionogel with near-infrared (NIR)-light controlled adhesion is prepared by electrostatic interaction of poly(diallyl dimethylammonium chloride) (PDDA) and acrylic acid, as well as the incorporation of the conductive polydopamine modified polypyrrole nanoparticles (PPy-PDA NPs). The PPy-PDA NPs could weaken the tough interaction between polymer chains and depress the Young’s modulus of the ionogel, thus promoting the ionogel ultrasoft (34 kPa) and highly stretchable (1,013%) performance to tensile deformations. In addition, the high photothermal conversion capacity of PPy-PDA NPs ensured the ionogel excellent NIR-light controlled adhesion and temperature sensitivity, which facilitated the ionogel on-demand removal and promised a reliable thermal sensor. Moreover, the resulted ultrasoft flexible sensor exhibited high sensitivity and stability to both strain and pressure in a broad range of deformations, enabling a precise monitoring on various human motions and physiological activities. The temperature-sensitive, ultrasoft, and controlled adhesive capabilities prompted great potential of the flexible ionogel in medical diagnosis and wearable electronics.


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Thermal-sensitive ionogel with NIR-light controlled adhesion for ultrasoft strain sensor

Show Author's information Bing Lei1, Longxue Cao1, Xinyu Qu2, Yunlong Liu1, Jinjun Shao2, Qian Wang2( ), Shuhong Li1( ), Wenjun Wang1, Xiaochen Dong2,3( )
School of Physical Science and Information Technology, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252059, China
Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), Nanjing 211816, China
School of Chemistry & Materials Science, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China

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With the widespread prevailing of flexible electronics in human–machine interfaces, health monitor, and human motion detection, ultrasoft flexible sensors are urgently desired with critical demands in conformality. Herein, a temperature-sensitive ionogel with near-infrared (NIR)-light controlled adhesion is prepared by electrostatic interaction of poly(diallyl dimethylammonium chloride) (PDDA) and acrylic acid, as well as the incorporation of the conductive polydopamine modified polypyrrole nanoparticles (PPy-PDA NPs). The PPy-PDA NPs could weaken the tough interaction between polymer chains and depress the Young’s modulus of the ionogel, thus promoting the ionogel ultrasoft (34 kPa) and highly stretchable (1,013%) performance to tensile deformations. In addition, the high photothermal conversion capacity of PPy-PDA NPs ensured the ionogel excellent NIR-light controlled adhesion and temperature sensitivity, which facilitated the ionogel on-demand removal and promised a reliable thermal sensor. Moreover, the resulted ultrasoft flexible sensor exhibited high sensitivity and stability to both strain and pressure in a broad range of deformations, enabling a precise monitoring on various human motions and physiological activities. The temperature-sensitive, ultrasoft, and controlled adhesive capabilities prompted great potential of the flexible ionogel in medical diagnosis and wearable electronics.

Keywords: photothermal effect, temperature-sensitive, flexible sensor, ultrasoft, controllable adhesion

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Received: 01 August 2022
Revised: 01 October 2022
Accepted: 07 October 2022
Published: 14 January 2023
Issue date: April 2023

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The work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2020YFA0709900), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 61775089), the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (No. ZR2020KB018), and “Taishan scholars” construction special fund of Shandong Province.

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