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Remote Spatiotemporal Control of a Magnetic and Electroconductive Hydrogel Network via Magnetic Fields for Soft Electronic Applications

Anna Puiggalí-Jou, Ismael Babeli, Joan Josep Roa, Justin O. Zoppe, Jaume Garcia-Amorós, Maria-Pau Ginebra, Carlos Alemán, Jose García-Torres

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces· Volume 13· Issue 36
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Multifunctional hydrogels are a class of materials offering new opportunities for interfacing living organisms with machines due to their mechanical compliance, biocompatibility, and capacity to be triggered by external stimuli. Here, we report a dual magnetic- and electric-stimuli-responsive hydrogel with the capacity to be disassembled and reassembled up to three times through reversible cross-links. This allows its use as an electronic device (e.g., temperature sensor) in the cross-linked state and spatiotemporal control through narrow channels in the disassembled state via the application of magnetic fields, followed by reassembly. The hydrogel consists of an interpenetrated polymer network of alginate (Alg) and poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT), which imparts mechanical and electrical properties, respectively. In addition, the incorporation of magnetite nanoparticles (Fe3O4 NPs) endows the hydrogel with magnetic properties. After structural, (electro)chemical, and physical characterization, we successfully performed dynamic and continuous transport of the hydrogel through disassembly, transporting the polymer-Fe3O4 NP aggregates toward a target using magnetic fields and its final reassembly to recover the multifunctional hydrogel in the cross-linked state. We also successfully tested the PEDOT/Alg/Fe3O4 NP hydrogel for temperature sensing and magnetic hyperthermia after various disassembly/re-cross-linking cycles. The present methodology can pave the way to a new generation of soft electronic devices with the capacity to be remotely transported.
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PolymersNanomaterialsBiomaterials

OpenAlex topics: Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials · Micro and Nano Robotics · Advanced Materials and Mechanics

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Affiliations

Departament d’Enginyeria Química, EEBE, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, C/ Eduard Maristany, 10-14, 08019 Barcelona, Spain

CIEFMA (Center for Research in Structural Integrity, Reliability and Micromechanics of Materials)-Department of Materials Science and Engineering, EEBE, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-BarcelonaTech, 08019 Barcelona, Spain

Barcelona Research Center in Multiscale Science and Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 08930 Barcelona, Spain

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), 08019 Barcelona, Spain

Grup de Materials Orgànics, Departament de Química Inorgànica i Orgànica (Secció de Química Orgànica), Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franquès, 1, 08028 Barcelona, Spain

Institut de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (IN2UB), Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain

Biomaterials, Biomechanics and Tissue Engineering Group, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), 08019 Barcelona, Spain

Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Baldiri Reixac 10-12, 08028 Barcelona, Spain

Funding

European Regional Development Fund · Secretar??a de Estado de Investigaci??n, Desarrollo e Innovaci??n · Generalitat de Catalunya · Ag??ncia de Gesti?? d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca de Catalunya

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