3D Printing of Transparent and Conductive Heterogeneous Hydrogel–Elastomer Systems

A hydrogel-dielectric-elastomer system, polyacrylamide and poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS), is adapted for extrusion printing for integrated device fabrication. A lithium-chloride-containing hydrogel printing ink is developed and printed onto treated PDMS with no visible signs of delamination and geometrically scaling resistance under moderate uniaxial tension and fatigue. A variety of designs are demonstrated, including a resistive strain gauge and an ionic cable.

• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Advances in Materials

• Publication date

  2017-03-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Materials Science, Engineering

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1002/adma.201604827PMID 28075033
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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