Citation: Xia-Chao Chen, Pei-Ru Sun, Hong-Liang Liu. Hierarchically Crosslinked Gels Containing Hydrophobic Ionic Liquids towards Reliable Sensing Applications[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, ;2020, 38(4): 332-341. doi: 10.1007/s10118-020-2357-2 shu

Hierarchically Crosslinked Gels Containing Hydrophobic Ionic Liquids towards Reliable Sensing Applications

Xia-Chao Chen ^a,b,†,, ,
Pei-Ru Sun ^a,c,† ,
Hong-Liang Liu ^a,b,,

a.
Laboratory of Bio-inspired Smart Interface Science, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
b.
Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education and Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
c.
School of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Chongqing University of Science and Technology, Chongqing 401331, China

Corresponding author: Xia-Chao Chen, chenxiachao@buaa.edu.cn Hong-Liang Liu, liuhl@mail.ipc.ac.cn
Received Date: 8 August 2019
Revised Date: 12 September 2019
Available Online: 15 November 2019

Human skin can function steadily regardless of surrounding circumstances (dry or wet), while it is still a challenge for artificial ionic skins, which tend to release solvents in dry air and leach electrolytes in wetted state. Herein, a series of hierarchically crosslinked ionogels containing hydrophobic ionic liquids (ILs) is fabricated by combining a crystalline fluorinated copolymer with hydrophobic ILs. With a reasonable combination of nonvolatility, transparency, stretchablility, and sensitivity, such ionogels can work as reliable sensors for real-time monitoring human motions and operate steadily in complex environments as human skin does, which can contribute to the development of durable sensing devices with a simple design.
- Ionogels,
- Conductivity,
- Hydrophobicity,
- Strain sensors
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