Environment tolerant, adaptable and stretchable organohydrogels: preparation, optimization, and applications.
Qiongling Ding1, Zixuan Wu1, Kai Tao2
1State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies and the Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Display Material and Technology, School of Electronics and Information Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China. wujin8@mail.sysu.edu.cn.
Materials Horizons
|February 14, 2022
Summary
Organohydrogels, versatile stretchable materials, offer unique advantages like anti-freezing and solvent resistance for advanced applications. This review details their preparation, properties, and potential in flexible electronics and biomedicine.
Area of Science:
- Materials Science
- Polymer Chemistry
Background:
- Organohydrogels are advanced materials combining hydrogel properties with organic solvent compatibility.
- They exhibit unique features such as anti-freezing, water retention, solvent resistance, and shape memory.
- These properties make them suitable for wearable devices, soft robotics, and tissue engineering.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review the structure, preparation, and advantages of organohydrogels.
- To detail optimization strategies for enhanced electro-mechanical and functional properties.
- To summarize applications and future prospects of organohydrogels.
Main Methods:
- Literature review of organohydrogel research.
- Analysis of structural and preparation strategies.
- Categorization of property optimization and functionalization methods.
Main Results:
- Organohydrogels possess tunable properties like mechanical strength, conductivity, adhesion, self-healing, and antibacterial activity.
- Functional components can be incorporated to modify and enhance specific characteristics.
- Diverse applications demonstrated in flexible sensors, energy storage, nanogenerators, and biomedicine.
Conclusions:
- Organohydrogels offer significant potential for intelligent and adaptable applications.
- Further research is needed to address existing challenges and unlock future prospects.
- Their modifiability and unique properties position them as key materials for future technological advancements.
