Hierarchically Crosslinked Gels Containing Hydrophobic Ionic Liquids towards Reliable Sensing Applications

Xia-Chao Chen; Pei-Ru Sun; Hong-Liang Liu

doi:10.1007/s10118-020-2357-2

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Hierarchically Crosslinked Gels Containing Hydrophobic Ionic Liquids towards Reliable Sensing Applications

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- Hierarchically Crosslinked Gels Containing Hydrophobic Ionic Liquids towards Reliable Sensing Applications
- Chinese Journal of Polymer Science Vol. 38, Issue 4, Pages: 332-341(2020)
- Affiliations：
  
  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
- Author bio：
  
  chenxiachao@buaa.edu.cn (X.C.C.)
  liuhl@mail.ipc.ac.cn (H.L.L.)
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1007/s10118-020-2357-2
  CLC：
- Received：08 August 2019，
  
  Revised：2019-9-12，
  
  Accepted：16 September 2019，
  
  Online First：15 November 2019，
  
  Published：2020-04
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Chen, X. C.; Sun, P. R.; Liu, H. L. Hierarchically crosslinked gels containing hydrophobic ionic liquids towards reliable sensing applications. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2020, 38, 332–341

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.
Chen, X. C.; Sun, P. R.; Liu, H. L. Hierarchically crosslinked gels containing hydrophobic ionic liquids towards reliable sensing applications. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2020, 38, 332–341 DOI： 10.1007/s10118-020-2357-2.

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.

摘要

Abstract

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.

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