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Supermacroporous hydrogels have attracted wide concern due to their comfort and breathability in wearable health-monitoring applications. Size controllable supermacroporous structure and excellent mechanical properties are the most important for its application. However, they are normally fabricated by the cryogelation method, which is difficult to control pore size and maintain flexibility. Here, yeast fermentationinspired gelatin hydrogels with a controllable supermacroporous structure and excellent mechanical properties were fabricated for the first time. The pore size can be controlled by adjusting the content of glucose and yeast, the ratio of glucose to yeast, fermentation time, and gelatin content during fermentation. The hydrogels demonstrated a controllable pore size range from 100 to 400 mu m and rapid swelling characteristics. The mechanical properties were maintained by soaking ammonium sulfate solution for 12 h, showing maximum tensile and compressive strains over 300 and 99%, respectively. This novel approach can be easily applied to the preparation of supermacroporous and high ductility hydrogels under mild conditions. Furthermore, conductive hydrogels combined supermacroporous structures with conductive polyaniline and reduced oxidized graphene, and silver nanowires were prepared as wearable flexible sensors. The obtained sensors maintain well-distributed porosity, breathability, and mechanical flexibility, also showing excellent conductivity of 2.4 S m(-1). Finally, the sensors were successfully applied to detect physiological signals and human-computer interaction.
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ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
ISSN: 1944-8244
Year: 2022
Issue: 23
Volume: 14
Page: 26338-26349
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JCR@2022
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JCR@2023
ESI Discipline: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
ESI HC Threshold:91
JCR Journal Grade:1
CAS Journal Grade:2
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WoS CC Cited Count: 17
SCOPUS Cited Count: 19
ESI Highly Cited Papers on the List: 0 Unfold All
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30 Days PV: 1