Force-induced ion generation in zwitterionic hydrogels for a sensitive silent-speech sensor

Sijia Xu; Jie-Xiang Yu; Hongshuang Guo; Shu Tian; You Long; Jing Yang; Lei Zhang

doi:10.1038/s41467-023-35893-7

Nature Communications (Jan 2023)

Force-induced ion generation in zwitterionic hydrogels for a sensitive silent-speech sensor

Sijia Xu,
Jie-Xiang Yu,
Hongshuang Guo,
Shu Tian,
You Long,
Jing Yang,
Lei Zhang

Affiliations

Sijia Xu: Department of Biochemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Frontier Science Center for Synthetic Biology and Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (MOE), Tianjin University
Jie-Xiang Yu: Institute of Theoretical and Applied Physics, School of Physical Science and Technology, Soochow University
Hongshuang Guo: Department of Biochemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Frontier Science Center for Synthetic Biology and Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (MOE), Tianjin University
Shu Tian: Department of Biochemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Frontier Science Center for Synthetic Biology and Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (MOE), Tianjin University
You Long: Department of Biochemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Frontier Science Center for Synthetic Biology and Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (MOE), Tianjin University
Jing Yang: Department of Biochemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Frontier Science Center for Synthetic Biology and Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (MOE), Tianjin University
Lei Zhang: Department of Biochemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Frontier Science Center for Synthetic Biology and Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (MOE), Tianjin University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-35893-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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The development of sensitive hydrogel sensor without additional mobile ionic species is challenging. Here, the authors demonstrate force-induced ion generation in a skin sensor based on zwitterionic hydrogel, and build a throat-worn silent-speech recognition system with high recognition accuracy.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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