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Skin-like cryogel electronics from suppressed-freezing tuned polymer amorphization

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  • Xiansheng Zhang

    (Qingdao University)

  • Hongwei Yan

    (Qingdao University)

  • Chongzhi Xu

    (Qingdao University)

  • Xia Dong

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Yu Wang

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Aiping Fu

    (Qingdao University)

  • Hao Li

    (SungKyunKwan University)

  • Jin Yong Lee

    (SungKyunKwan University)

  • Sheng Zhang

    (Zhejiang University)

  • Jiahua Ni

    (Donghua University)

  • Min Gao

    (ETH Zürich)

  • Jing Wang

    (ETH Zürich)

  • Jinpeng Yu

    (Qingdao University)

  • Shuzhi Sam Ge

    (National University of Singapore)

  • Ming Liang Jin

    (Qingdao University)

  • Lili Wang

    (Qingdao University)

  • Yanzhi Xia

    (Qingdao University)

Abstract

The sole situation of semi-crystalline structure induced single performance remarkably limits the green cryogels in the application of soft devices due to uncontrolled freezing field. Here, a facile strategy for achieving multifunctionality of cryogels is proposed using total amorphization of polymer. Through precisely lowering the freezing point of precursor solutions with an antifreezing salt, the suppressed growth of ice is achieved, creating an unusually weak and homogenous aggregation of polymer chains upon freezing, thereby realizing the tunable amorphization of polymer and the coexistence of free and hydrogen bonding hydroxyl groups. Such multi-scale microstructures trigger the integrated properties of tissue-like ultrasoftness (Young’s modulus

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  • Xiansheng Zhang & Hongwei Yan & Chongzhi Xu & Xia Dong & Yu Wang & Aiping Fu & Hao Li & Jin Yong Lee & Sheng Zhang & Jiahua Ni & Min Gao & Jing Wang & Jinpeng Yu & Shuzhi Sam Ge & Ming Liang Jin & Lil, 2023. "Skin-like cryogel electronics from suppressed-freezing tuned polymer amorphization," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-10, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:14:y:2023:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-023-40792-y
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40792-y
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