Liquid Metal Microdroplet‐Initiated Ultra‐Fast Polymerization of a Stimuli‐Responsive Hydrogel Composite
Abstract: Recent advances in composite hydrogels achieve material enhancement or specialized stimuli‐responsive functionalities by pairing with a functional filler. Liquid metals (LM) offer a unique combination of chemical, electrical, and mechanical properties that show great potential in hydrogel composites. Polymerization of hydrogels with LM microdroplets as initiators is a particularly interesting phenomenon that remains in its early stage of development. In this work, an LM‐hydrogel composite is introduced, in which LM microdroplets dispersed inside the hydrogel matrix have dual functions as a polymerization initiator for a polyacrylic acid‐poly vinyl alcohol (PAA/PVA) network and, once polymerized, as passive inclusion to influence its material and stimuli‐responsive characteristics. It is demonstrated that LM microdroplets enable ultra‐fast polymerization in ≈1 min, compared to several hours by conventional polymerization techniques. The results show several mechanical enhancements to the PAA/PVA hydrogels with LM‐initiated polymerization. It is found that LM ratios strongly influence stimuli‐responsive behaviors in the hydrogels, including swelling and ionic bending, where higher LM ratios are found to enhance ionic actuation performance. The dual roles of LM in this composite are analyzed using the experimental characterization results. These LM‐hydrogel composites, which are biocompatible, open up new opportunities in future soft robotics and biomedical applications.
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
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Englisch
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Liquid Metal Microdroplet‐Initiated Ultra‐Fast Polymerization of a Stimuli‐Responsive Hydrogel Composite ; day:12 ; month:11 ; year:2023 ; extent:16
Advanced functional materials ; (12.11.2023) (gesamt 16)
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10.1002/adfm.202308238
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023111314084178647505
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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- 14.08.2025, 10:47 MESZ
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Beteiligte
- Zhang, Jianhua
- Liao, Jiahe
- Liu, Zemin
- Zhang, Rongjing
- Sitti, Metin
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