Conductive and elastic bottlebrush elastomers for ultrasoft electronics

Pengfei Xu; Shaojia Wang; Angela Lin; Hyun-Kee Min; Zhanfeng Zhou; Wenkun Dou; Yu Sun; Xi Huang; Helen Tran; Xinyu Liu

doi:10.1038/s41467-023-36214-8

Nature Communications (Feb 2023)

Conductive and elastic bottlebrush elastomers for ultrasoft electronics

Pengfei Xu,
Shaojia Wang,
Angela Lin,
Hyun-Kee Min,
Zhanfeng Zhou,
Wenkun Dou,
Yu Sun,
Xi Huang,
Helen Tran,
Xinyu Liu

Affiliations

Pengfei Xu: Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto
Shaojia Wang: Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto
Angela Lin: Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto
Hyun-Kee Min: Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children
Zhanfeng Zhou: Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto
Wenkun Dou: Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto
Yu Sun: Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto
Xi Huang: Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children
Helen Tran: Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto
Xinyu Liu: Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36214-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Conductive materials with tissue-matched softness are needed for ultra-soft electronics. Here, the authors report ultra-soft and conductive bottlebrush elastomer composites and fabricate them into electronics with laser cutting and 3D printing methods.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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