Polymers in Flexible Electronics

A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".

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Dear Colleagues,

As an newly emerging research field, flexible polymer electronics have generated a considerable amount of interest regarding the creation of create flexible electronic materials that provide both longevity and an excellent performance in strained states.

The rapid advancements in the production of stretchable electrodes have expanded the burgeoning field of skin-inspired flexible-polymer electronics, which encompasses everything from novel soft-electronic materials to prototype human-friendly electronic devices, such as biocompatible electronics, soft robots, and conformal human–machine interfaces.

This Special Issue focuses on the knowledge and advancement of the manufacturing, design, characterization, control, and applications of polymers in flexible electronic devices. These contributions will serve as a strong basis for future research. We invite the submissions of both original research papers and review articles concerning the development and implementation of flexible electronic-based sensors and actuators.

Dr. Chaoqun Xiang
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Keywords

  • flexible-polymer-electronic theories and principles
  • design and modeling of flexible polymer electronics
  • programmable shape-shifting flexible polymer electronics
  • active functional skins
  • 3D printing of flexible electronics
  • implantable biodegradable devices
  • skin-like electronics
  • bioinspired soft robotics
  • novel sensors and actuators based on flexible polymer electronics
  • stretchable electrodes
  • kirigami and origami
  • biocompatible electrodes
  • wearable electronics

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Advances in the Preparation of Tough Conductive Hydrogels for Flexible Sensors
by Hongyao Ding, Jie Liu, Xiaodong Shen and Hui Li
Polymers 2023, 15(19), 4001; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym15194001 - 5 Oct 2023
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The rapid development of tough conductive hydrogels has led to considerable progress in the fields of tissue engineering, soft robots, flexible electronics, etc. Compared to other kinds of traditional sensing materials, tough conductive hydrogels have advantages in flexibility, stretchability and biocompatibility due to [...] Read more.
The rapid development of tough conductive hydrogels has led to considerable progress in the fields of tissue engineering, soft robots, flexible electronics, etc. Compared to other kinds of traditional sensing materials, tough conductive hydrogels have advantages in flexibility, stretchability and biocompatibility due to their biological structures. Numerous hydrogel flexible sensors have been developed based on specific demands for practical applications. This review focuses on tough conductive hydrogels for flexible sensors. Representative tactics to construct tough hydrogels and strategies to fulfill conductivity, which are of significance to fabricating tough conductive hydrogels, are briefly reviewed. Then, diverse tough conductive hydrogels are presented and discussed. Additionally, recent advancements in flexible sensors assembled with different tough conductive hydrogels as well as various designed structures and their sensing performances are demonstrated in detail. Applications, including the wearable skins, bionic muscles and robotic systems of these hydrogel-based flexible sensors with resistive and capacitive modes are discussed. Some perspectives on tough conductive hydrogels for flexible sensors are also stated at the end. This review will provide a comprehensive understanding of tough conductive hydrogels and will offer clues to researchers who have interests in pursuing flexible sensors. Full article
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