Smart Composite Hydrogels with pH-Responsiveness and Electrical Conductivity for Flexible Sensors and Logic Gates
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Section
2.1. Materials
2.2. Preparation of pH-Responsive Conductive Hydrogels
2.3. Preparation of Flexible Sensor
2.4. Assembling of Logic Gate Device
2.5. Measurements
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Chemical Structures of pH-Responsive Conductive Hydrogels
3.2. pH-Responsiveness and Conductivity of P(AA-HEMA)/GO Hydrogels
3.3. Wearable Devices for Monitoring Human Motions
3.4. The Preparation of Logic Gates Based on pH-Responsive and Thermo-Responsive Conductive Hydrogels
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Wang, T.; Zhang, X.; Wang, Z.; Zhu, X.; Liu, J.; Min, X.; Cao, T.; Fan, X. Smart Composite Hydrogels with pH-Responsiveness and Electrical Conductivity for Flexible Sensors and Logic Gates. Polymers 2019, 11, 1564. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym11101564
Wang T, Zhang X, Wang Z, Zhu X, Liu J, Min X, Cao T, Fan X. Smart Composite Hydrogels with pH-Responsiveness and Electrical Conductivity for Flexible Sensors and Logic Gates. Polymers. 2019; 11(10):1564. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym11101564
Chicago/Turabian StyleWang, Tong, Xuan Zhang, Zichao Wang, Xiuzhong Zhu, Jie Liu, Xin Min, Tao Cao, and Xiaodong Fan. 2019. "Smart Composite Hydrogels with pH-Responsiveness and Electrical Conductivity for Flexible Sensors and Logic Gates" Polymers 11, no. 10: 1564. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym11101564