Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Mengwei Liu, Yujia Zhang, Yanghong Zhang, Zhitao Zhou, Nan Qin, Tiger H. Tao
Summary: Iontronic polymer is a sensing method that operates effectively on both human skin and robotic surfaces, offering high conductivity, self-healing, stretchability, strain sensitivity, transparency, and universal adhesiveness across a wide temperature range. Combined with machine learning algorithms and specific data collection methods, the system can classify various human and robotic hand gestures in challenging scenarios with high accuracy of object recognition.
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Huawen Liu, Donghua Xu, Bin Hu, Junjie Jiang, Mengya Li, Dan Zhao, Wentao Zhai
Summary: This study utilized an edible cassava hydrogel to design wearable skin-like iontronics, which can monitor various human motions and hold significant implications for environmental sustainability and renewable technology in wearable devices.
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Puguang Peng, Feiyao Yang, Zhonglin Wang, Di Wei
Summary: This study presents an ultra-thin paper-based iontronic power source enabled by translational Li+ transport within 2D nanofluidic channels of graphene oxide and fine-tuned interfacial redox reactions. The paper-based source exhibits high energy and power densities, maintains a working state when bent or cut, and can be easily recycled through incineration.
ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Yao An, Zhaoxiang Yang, Yongjia Yang, Xinlei Li, Xinjia Zheng, Zhiwu Chen, Xun Wu, Beihang Xu, Yapei Wang, Yonglin He
Summary: As a new approach to More than Moore, a stretchable and transparent ionic display module of the integrated ionic circuit is successfully prepared. It is programmed to excite the hydrogel color change by a Faraday process occurring at specific pixel points. The display module exhibits stable performance under strong magnetic field conditions.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Theresia Arbring Sjostrom, Anton I. Ivanov, Christophe Bernard, Klas Tybrandt, David J. Poxson, Daniel T. Simon, Magnus Berggren
Summary: The study focuses on design principles of a hybrid microfluidic iontronic probe for highly controlled drug delivery. The effects of decoupling the drug reservoir and the requirements at the microfluidic-iontronic interface are investigated, aiming to achieve precise spatiotemporal control of delivery with high chemical specificity and high on/off ratio.
ADVANCED MATERIALS TECHNOLOGIES
(2021)
Review
Chemistry, Physical
Han Qian, Di Wei, Zhonglin Wang
Summary: The Moore's law in silicone-based electronics is reaching its limit and the energy efficiency of the most sophisticated electronics to mimic the iontronic logic circuit in single-celled organisms is still inferior to their natural counterpart. Iontronics is widely present in nature, providing the fundamentals for many life activities through the transmission and conversion of information and energy via ions. With advances in nanotechnology and fabrication processes, highly efficient iontronics could be enabled by creating asymmetry through nano-confined unipolar ion transport in various nanohierarchical structures of materials.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Guo Ye, Dekui Song, Junjie Song, Yan Zhao, Nan Liu
Summary: Wearable electronics have had a significant impact on human life, particularly in areas such as health monitoring and human-machine interfacing. However, the rapid development of these devices has also led to a significant increase in electronic waste, posing a threat to ecological systems. This study presents a fully biodegradable and biocompatible ionotronic skin made from natural polyelectrolytes derivatives, which exhibits high ionic conductivity and good compliance with the skin while completely degrading within a short period of time. The application of this novel material in transient measurement of electrophysiology has shown promising results, specifically in accurately recording action potentials and degrading without any residue. This research provides important insights for the design of future ionotronic materials for transient electronics.
ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
(2023)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Reihaneh Jamshidi, Mehrnoosh Taghavimehr, Yuanfen Chen, Nicole Hashemi, Reza Montazami
Summary: Transient technology plays an important role in sustainable system design and implementation, widely used in medical implants, environmental sensors, and hardware-secured devices; Controlled disintegration of systems without harsh solvents is a step towards achieving green and sustainable electronics.
ADVANCED SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Rubaya Yeasmin, Seung-Ik Han, Le Thai Duy, Byungmin Ahn, Hyungtak Seo
Summary: This article introduces the development of a multifunctional self-healing, stretchable, deformable, biocompatible, transparent, and self-adhesive composite based on networking PBS (polyborosiloxane) and Ecoflex. The composite possesses fast self-healing capability, high stretchability, transparency, ideal electrical insulation, and good chemical stability. It also exhibits consistent thermal stability at high temperatures. These remarkable properties make it an essential skin-mimicking substrate for biomedical and wearable applications such as e-skin.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Shunsuke Yamada
Summary: We have developed an environmentally friendly supercapacitor that can decompose upon contact with water. The supercapacitor incorporates an ionic liquid, carbon powder, a cellulose separator, and a molybdenum electrode. It can be charged at 1.5V and exhibits high capacitance retention and Coulombic efficiency. The ionic gel and carbon composite in the supercapacitor dissolve in a phosphate buffer solution, while the molybdenum electrode dissolves at a slower rate. Potential applications of this environmentally friendly supercapacitor include smart agriculture and disaster prevention.
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
(2022)
Review
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Jun-Seok Shim, John A. Rogers, Seung-Kyun Kang
Summary: Transient electronics are a new field that offers unique opportunities in the upcoming ubiquitous electronics era, providing environmentally degradable devices, biodegradable medical implants, and hardware security devices with self-destructing circuits. By utilizing nanoscale thin-film processing and Si in single-crystalline form, transient electronics can achieve high performance and versatile characteristics.
MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING R-REPORTS
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Yunpeng Wang, Xianfei Cao, Jie Cheng, Bowen Yao, Yusen Zhao, Suli Wu, Benzhi Ju, Shufen Zhang, Ximin He, Wenbin Niu
Summary: The intelligent chromotropic iontronics developed in this study utilizes biomimetic ultrastructures with anisotropic electrostatic repulsion to achieve electrical response and optical visualization in response to various stimuli, including mechanical strain and tactile sensation. Notably, it can also perform instantaneous geometric changes in response to thermal stimuli, allowing for real-time transduction of temperature or infrared light into ionic signals and color changes.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Heng Zhang, Haomin Chen, Jeng-Hun Lee, Eunyoung Kim, Kit-Ying Chan, Harun Venkatesan, Miracle Hope Adegun, Okikiola Ganiu Agbabiaka, Xi Shen, Qingbin Zheng, Jinglei Yang, Jang-Kyo Kim
Summary: This study presents the design of a chromotropic ionic skin that can detect and decouple multiple external stimuli, including strain, temperature, and pressure. The ionic skin shows highly sensitive responses to selective stimuli while remaining insensitive to unwanted ones.
ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Chuanfeng Wang, Liang Lu, Zhu Liu, Yu Lai, Juan Li, Zhipei Xia, Jingjing Cao, Xuanlun Wang, Jun Lu, Weiqing Yang
Summary: This study reports the development of a soft, physically transient biogenic nanogenerator. The nanogenerator is made of degradable materials and exhibits both piezoelectric and photoluminescent properties. It shows high reliability and adaptability to external mechanical stimuli, making it a promising candidate for applications in tactile sensing and security.
ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Haris Ishaq, Muhammad Faisal Shehzad, Curran Crawford
Summary: This paper emphasizes the importance of transient modeling to address the challenges related to wind power intermittency. The study proposes integrating offshore wind energy with a green hydrogen and green ammonia synthesis system to utilize remote offshore locations with higher wind velocities and capacity factors. The analysis includes ammonia production at each hour of the year and an integrated hydrogen storage system. Economic analysis reveals offshore wind and electrolysis as the leading cost drivers.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Jiahui Huang, Xianwu Huang, Peiyi Wu
Summary: A new multilayer MXene initiator is reported in this study, which can generate hydroxyl radical species and initiate the polymerization of a series of vinyl monomers. This initiator can crosslink with cationic monomers to form high-quality composite hydrogels, displaying high elasticity, conductivity, and self-healing performance.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Faqing Cao, Baohu Wu, Tianyu Li, Shengtong Sun, Yucong Jiao, Peiyi Wu
Summary: The study addressed the issue of Zn dendrite growth in liquid electrolytes by using a mechanoadaptive cellulose nanofibril-based morphing gel electrolyte, which improved the stability and cycle life of Zn-ion batteries at high current densities.
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Jincheng Din, Huiqing Wu, Peiyi Wu
Summary: A facile strategy using one-step water-induced phase separation was proposed for the preparation of composite membranes with polyelectrolytes. By altering the concentration, molecular weight, and type of polyelectrolytes, ultrafiltration membranes with hierarchical structures were obtained, exhibiting high water flux and rejection properties.
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Huai Xiang, Xiaoxia Li, Baohu Wu, Shengtong Sun, Peiyi Wu
Summary: A highly damping ionic elastomer with energy-dissipating nanophases embedded in an elastic matrix is introduced, which has excellent properties and can be used for sensing and protecting applications in soft electronics and robotics.
ADVANCED MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Zhilong Tian, Lei Hou, Doudou Feng, Peiyi Wu, Yucong Jiao
Summary: In this study, a lithium bond enriched polymer gel (PAEV) was designed to achieve polymer electrolytes with adjustable ionic conductivity and tunable mechanical properties. The electrolyte showed enhanced capacity and performance in lithium-ion batteries at different temperatures.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Lei Peng, Lei Hou, Peiyi Wu
Summary: Photonic ionic elastomers (PIEs) with multiple signal outputs are challenging to fabricate with mechanical robustness, good ionic conductivity, and brilliant structure color. This study introduces the synergistic effect of lithium and hydrogen bonds into a PIE, leading to enhanced mechanical strength and toughness. The PIEs also exhibit synchronous electrical and optical output under mechanical strains and extraordinary stability under extreme conditions. This work offers a promising molecular engineering route for high-performance photonic ionic conductors in advanced ionotronic applications.
ADVANCED MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Haiyan Qiao, Shengtong Sun, Peiyi Wu
Summary: Humans use periodically ridged fingertips for precise perception of object characteristics through ion-based mechanotransduction. Designing artificial ionic skins with similar tactile capabilities is challenging due to the contradiction between compliance and pressure sensing. Inspired by the hierarchical structure of fingertips, an aesthetic ionic skin with periodic stiff ridges embedded in a soft hydrogel matrix is developed, enabling strain-undisturbed pressure sensing and texture recognition. This approach can inspire the design of high-performance ionic tactile sensors for soft robotics and prosthetics.
ADVANCED MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Zhen Meng, Yucong Jiao, Peiyi Wu
Summary: A polyzwitterion protective layer (PZIL) was developed to prevent dendrite formation and side reactions on zinc anode, improving the safety and stability of zinc ion batteries. The PZIL adsorbs onto the zinc metal, inhibiting side reactions, and chelates with zinc ions to regulate solvation structure. Additionally, the Hofmeister effect enhances interfacial contact during electrochemical characterization. The symmetrical zinc battery with PZIL exhibited stable performance for over 1000 hours at an ultra-high current density of 40 mA cm(-2).
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Wei Zhao, Zhouyue Lei, Peiyi Wu
Summary: Converting building and environment heat into electricity is a promising strategy for energy harvest. However, typical thermoelectric materials face challenges in outdoor building systems due to processing difficulties, mechanical brittleness, and low environmental tolerance. This research explores a concept based on synergistic ionic associations to improve the mechanical properties and harsh environment stability of ionic-type thermoelectric gels. These gels demonstrate high stretchability, self-healing ability, temperature insensitivity, and water-proof performance, and can be applied to various surfaces. They also exhibit remarkable thermal and humidity stability, and can generate significant thermovoltage even on cloudy days.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Hongbo Wan, Baohu Wu, Lei Hou, Peiyi Wu
Summary: This study reports the fabrication of amphibious polymer materials with outstanding mechanical performances. By utilizing multi-scale nanostructures, a composite of polyvinyl alcohol/poly(2-methoxyethylacrylate) (PVA/PMEA) was prepared, which demonstrated excellent stability and high mechanical strength in both hydrated and dehydrated states. This research provides a promising route for constructing high-performance polymer materials for complex load-bearing environments.
ADVANCED MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Zhouyue Lei, Peiyi Wu
Summary: Stretchable hydrogels have been developed to interact with biological interfaces, but lack the intelligence of biological systems. To overcome this limitation, researchers have developed asymmetric trimeric hydrogels inspired by biological ion channels. These hydrogels can sense external stimuli, encode logical responses, emulate synaptic plasticity, and even memorize images in a multistore model. Moreover, they are transparent, stretchable, and work stably under large deformation, overcoming the limitations of conventional electronic devices. This bionic design opens up possibilities for intelligent hydrogel ionotronics and bridges the gap between human-machine interfaces.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Jiahui Huang, Xianwu Huang, Peiyi Wu
Summary: A multifunctional MXene nanocomposite hydrogel is reported, which can be readily prepared and processed via the fast gelation of a cationic monomer initiated by delaminated MXene sheets. The resulting nanocomposites are ultrastretchable, three-dimensional printable, and show outstanding mechanical and electrical self-healing properties. The integration of these multifunctional systems onto various substrates through 3D printing demonstrates great prospects as smart flexible electronics.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Jiahui Huang, Zhenchuan Yu, Peiyi Wu
Summary: Shaping soft and conductive materials through 3D printing drives innovation in various applications, such as robotic counterparts that emulate biological systems. A tricomponent ionogel-based ink design is reported in this study, which addresses the challenges of printability and synergy among ink components. This ink design strategy greatly extends material choice and provides valuable guidance in constructing diverse artificial systems by 3D printing.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Doudou Feng, Yucong Jiao, Peiyi Wu
Summary: In this study, a polymeric acid hydrogel electrolyte was fabricated for high performance Zn/polyaniline batteries. The electrolyte showed high cycling stability and high discharge capacity in a wide temperature range, making it a promising candidate for advanced aqueous batteries.
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
(2023)
Review
Polymer Science
Lei Hou, Pei-yi Wu
Summary: 2Dcos is an advanced analysis method that holds great advantages in the field of polymers. It can effectively identify fine structures and dynamic mechanisms within polymer systems, thus improving the analysis results.
ACTA POLYMERICA SINICA
(2022)