Orthogonal photochemistry-assisted printing of 3D tough and stretchable conductive hydrogels

Hongqiu Wei; Ming Lei; Ping Zhang; Jinsong Leng; Zijian Zheng; You Yu

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-21869-y

Nature Communications (Apr 2021)

Orthogonal photochemistry-assisted printing of 3D tough and stretchable conductive hydrogels

Hongqiu Wei,
Ming Lei,
Ping Zhang,
Jinsong Leng,
Zijian Zheng,
You Yu

Affiliations

Hongqiu Wei: Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University
Ming Lei: School of Astronautics, Northwestern Polytechnical University
Ping Zhang: Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University
Jinsong Leng: Center for Composite Materials and Structures, Harbin Institute of Technology
Zijian Zheng: Institute of Textiles and Clothing & Research Institute for Smart Energy, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
You Yu: Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21869-y
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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3D-printing tough conductive hydrogels (TCHs) with complex structures is still a challenging task due to their inherent contrasting multinetworks, uncontrollable and slow polymerization. Here the authors show an orthogonal photochemistry-assisted printing strategy to make 3D TCHs in one pot.

Published in Nature Communications

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