Nature Communications (Apr 2021)

Convergent synthesis of diversified reversible network leads to liquid metal-containing conductive hydrogel adhesives

  • Yong Xu,
  • Rebecca Rothe,
  • Dagmar Voigt,
  • Sandra Hauser,
  • Meiying Cui,
  • Takuya Miyagawa,
  • Michelle Patino Gaillez,
  • Thomas Kurth,
  • Martin Bornhäuser,
  • Jens Pietzsch,
  • Yixin Zhang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22675-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 19

Abstract

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The need for multifunctional materials for tissue engineering applications requires the development of multicomponent systems. Here, the authors report on the creation of a liquid metal-containing hydrogel with multiple covalent and noncovalent bonds to produce a tailorable, biocompatible biomaterial.