• 文献标题:   Reduced Graphene Oxide-Based Double Network Polymeric Hydrogels for Pressure and Temperature Sensing
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LIU W, ZHANG XY, WEI G, SU ZQ
  • 作者关键词:   hydrogel, reduced graphene oxide, temperature, pressure, sensing
  • 出版物名称:   SENSORS
  • ISSN:   1424-8220
  • 通讯作者地址:   Beijing Univ Chem Technol
  • 被引频次:   4
  • DOI:   10.3390/s18093162
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

We demonstrate the fabrication of novel reduced graphene oxide (rGO)-based double network (DN) hydrogels through the polymerization of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAm) and carboxymethyl chitosan (CMC). The facile synthesis of DN hydrogels includes the reduction of graphene oxide (GO) by CMC, and the subsequent polymerization of PNIPAm. The presence of rGO in the fabricated PNIPAm/CMC/rGO DN hydrogels enhances the compressibility and flexibility of hydrogels with respect to pure PNIPAm hydrogels, and they exhibit favorable thermoresponsivity, compressibility, and conductivity. The created hydrogels can be continuously cyclically compressed and have excellent bending properties. Furthermore, it was found that the hydrogels are pressure- and temperature-sensitive, and can be applied to the design of both pressure and temperature sensors to detect mechanical deformation and to measure temperature. Our preliminary results suggest that these rGO-based DN hydrogels exhibit a high potential for the fabrication of soft robotics and artificially intelligent skin-like devices.