Nature Communications (Mar 2022)

Liquid metal-tailored gluten network for protein-based e-skin

  • Bin Chen,
  • Yudong Cao,
  • Qiaoyu Li,
  • Zhuo Yan,
  • Rui Liu,
  • Yunjiao Zhao,
  • Xiang Zhang,
  • Minying Wu,
  • Yixiu Qin,
  • Chang Sun,
  • Wei Yao,
  • Ziyi Cao,
  • Pulickel M. Ajayan,
  • Mason Oliver Lam Chee,
  • Pei Dong,
  • Zhaofen Li,
  • Jianfeng Shen,
  • Mingxin Ye

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28901-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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E-skins currently suffer from issues to do with the predominantly non-biological materials they are made from. Here, the authors report on a gluten network which is cross-linked with EGaIn liquid metal to make a self-healing, biocompatible, biodegradable, stretchable and conductive material which is demonstrated as a movement strain sensor.