摘要
Hydrogels exhibit potential applications in smart wearable devices because of their exceptional sensitivity to various external stimuli.However,their applications are limited by challenges in terms of issues in biocompatibility,custom shape,and self-healing.Herein,a conductive,stretchable,adaptable,self-healing,and biocompatible liquid metal GaInSn/Ni-based composite hydrogel is developed by incorporating a magnetic liquid metal into the hydrogel framework through crosslinking polyvinyl alcohol(PVA)with sodium tetraborate.The excellent stretchability and fast self-healing capability of the PVA/liquid metal hydrogel are derived from its abundant hydrogen binding sites and liquid metal fusion.Significantly,owing to the magnetic constituent,the PVA/liquid metal hydrogel can be guided remotely using an external magnetic field to a specific position to repair the broken wires with no need for manual operation.The composite hydrogel also exhibits sensitive deformation responses and can be used as a strain sensor to monitor various body motions.Additionally,the multifunctional hydrogel displays absorption-dominated electromagnetic interference(EMI)shielding properties.The total shielding performance of the composite hydrogel increases to~62.5 dB from~31.8 dB of the pure PVA hydrogel at the thickness of 3.0 mm.The proposed bioinspired multifunctional magnetic hydrogel demonstrates substantial application potential in the field of intelligent wearable devices.
基金
the financial supports from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(52231007,51725101,11727807,22088101,52271167)
the Shanghai Excellent Academic/Technological Leaders Program(19XD1400400)
the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(973 Project Nos.2018YFA0209100 and 2021YFA1200600)
the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(2022JCCXHH09)
the Foundation for University Youth Key Teachers of Henan Province(2020GGJS170)
the Support Program for Scientific and Technological Innovation Talents of Higher Education in Henan Province(21HASTIT004)
Key Research Project of Zhejiang Lab(No.2021PE0AC02)。
