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Highly stretchable and transparent ionic conducting elastomers

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  • Lei Shi

    (School of Science, MOE Key Laboratory for Nonequilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Xi’an Jiaotong University)

  • Tianxiang Zhu

    (School of Science, MOE Key Laboratory for Nonequilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Xi’an Jiaotong University)

  • Guoxin Gao

    (School of Science, MOE Key Laboratory for Nonequilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Xi’an Jiaotong University)

  • Xinyu Zhang

    (Auburn University)

  • Wei Wei

    (School of Science, MOE Key Laboratory for Nonequilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Xi’an Jiaotong University)

  • Wenfeng Liu

    (School of Science, MOE Key Laboratory for Nonequilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Xi’an Jiaotong University)

  • Shujiang Ding

    (School of Science, MOE Key Laboratory for Nonequilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Xi’an Jiaotong University)

Abstract

Traditional elastomers are mostly dielectrics; existing conductive elastomers are conductive composites with electric conductors. Herein, we introduce a series of ionic conducting elastomers (ICE) by salt in polymer strategy. The ICEs possess good stretchability, transparency and ionic conductivity. Moreover, the ICEs exhibit very high stability in air, under high temperature and voltage, with excellent adhesion properties and no corrosive effects to metal electrodes. Touch sensors are fabricated using these ICEs—impedance spectra and impedance complex plane are tested and analyzed to clarify different stimulus of the touch sensors. These ICEs provide possibilities for flexible electronics and soft machines.

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  • Lei Shi & Tianxiang Zhu & Guoxin Gao & Xinyu Zhang & Wei Wei & Wenfeng Liu & Shujiang Ding, 2018. "Highly stretchable and transparent ionic conducting elastomers," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 9(1), pages 1-7, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:9:y:2018:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-018-05165-w
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-05165-w
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    1. Sijia Xu & Jie-Xiang Yu & Hongshuang Guo & Shu Tian & You Long & Jing Yang & Lei Zhang, 2023. "Force-induced ion generation in zwitterionic hydrogels for a sensitive silent-speech sensor," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-11, December.
    2. Jing Chen & Yiyang Gao & Lei Shi & Wei Yu & Zongjie Sun & Yifan Zhou & Shuang Liu & Heng Mao & Dongyang Zhang & Tongqing Lu & Quan Chen & Demei Yu & Shujiang Ding, 2022. "Phase-locked constructing dynamic supramolecular ionic conductive elastomers with superior toughness, autonomous self-healing and recyclability," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-12, December.
    3. Wenke Xie & Qian Tang & Jinlong Xie & Yang Fei & Hujie Wan & Tao Zhao & Tianpeng Ding & Xu Xiao & Qiye Wen, 2024. "Organohydrogel-based transparent terahertz absorber via ionic conduction loss," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-8, December.
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