Self-Healing and Antifreezing/Antidrying Conductive Eutectohydrogel-Based Biosignal Monitoring Multisensors with...

A novel self-healing and antifreezing/antidrying conductive eutectohydrogel, ideal for wearable multifunctional sensors and supercapacitors, is reported. Conductive eutectohydrogel with self-healing and facilely tunable mechanical performance is obtained by incorporation of trehalose and phytic acid as reversible cross-linkers into a polyacrylamide network, forming the dynamic hydrogen bonding and electrostatic interactions. Furthermore, combined use of deep eutectic solvent with water ensures the air stability as well as the antifreezing/antidrying characteristics. The synthesized eutectohydrogel exhibits a self-healing efficiency of 90.7% after 24 h at room temperature, Young's modulus of 140.9 kPa, and strain at break of 352.8%. With the eutectohydrogel as a versatile platform, self-healing strain and temperature sensors, electrocardiogram electrodes, and supercapacitor are fabricated, recovering the device performance after self-healing from complete bisection and exhibiting stable performance over a wide temperature range from -20 to 50 °C. With a vertically integrated patch device of supercapacitor and strain sensor attached onto skin, various body movements are successfully detected using the energy stored in the supercapacitor, without performance degradation even after self-healing from complete bisection of the full patch device. This work demonstrates high potential application of the synthesized eutectohydrogel to flexible wearable devices featuring durability and longevity.