journal article·2024-12Open access

Highly Stable Liquid Metal‐Based Electronic Textiles by Adaptive Interfacial Interactions

Chunyan Cao, Hang Su, Liqing Ai, Dong Lv, Jing Gu, Ruiqing Li, Dawei Li, Wei Zhang, Mingzheng Ge, Xi Yao

Advanced Functional Materials· Volume 34· Issue 49

Abstract

Abstract Gallium‐based liquid metals with outstanding electrical conductivity and fluidity are widely used in wearable electronics for wireless communication, human–machine interaction, and smart textiles. However, their fluidity makes them easily leak from the embedded conductive circuits under repeatable stretching, mechanical damage, or exposure to acidic and alkaline environments, limiting their reliability in practical use. Here, highly stable LM–polymer composites are shown with the ability to endure significant mechanical or chemical stresses, maintaining low resistance changes (R/R0 = 3.3 and 2.4) after 10 times of standard washing and 24 h of storage in corrosive solutions. The use of fluoropolymer, providing robust interfacial binding with the gallium oxide layer, effectively serves as a barrier layer to withstand mechanical and chemical damage through the synergistic effect of adaptive dipole–dipole interactions among composites and enhanced hydrophobicity. The as‐prepared composites can be readily hot pressed onto commercial fabrics to develop electronic textiles with outstanding conductivity (10214 S m−1), high air permeability (148.6 mm s−1), and moisture permeability (30.3 g m−2). Taking advantage of their excellent stability and permeability, e‐textiles are demonstrated as washable thermal therapy patches and skin‐interfaced electrodes for epidermal biopotential recording.
Source: crossref · Quality: baseline

Research context

OpenAlex topics: Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials · Advanced Materials and Mechanics · Interactive and Immersive Displays

SciVX discovery tags are terminology-based. OpenAlex topics are source-provided classifications.

Affiliations

School of Textile and Clothing Nantong University Nantong 226019 P. R. China

Department of Biomedical Sciences City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong 999077 P. R. China

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China · Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province

References (43)

Show source-provided references
1. 10.1038/s41928-022-00723-z10.1038/s41928-022-00723-z ↗
2. 10.1002/adfm.20230896910.1002/adfm.202308969 ↗
3. 10.1038/s41467-022-29859-410.1038/s41467-022-29859-4 ↗
4. 10.1002/adma.20230570710.1002/adma.202305707 ↗
5. 10.1038/s41467-023-41920-410.1038/s41467-023-41920-4 ↗
6. 10.1002/adma.20230982110.1002/adma.202309821 ↗
7. 10.1002/adma.20240103510.1002/adma.202401035 ↗
8. 10.1038/s41467-019-10061-y10.1038/s41467-019-10061-y ↗
9. 10.1002/adma.20220519610.1002/adma.202205196 ↗
10. 10.1038/s41467-023-35810-y10.1038/s41467-023-35810-y ↗
11. 10.1002/adfm.20240028410.1002/adfm.202400284 ↗
12. 10.1002/adma.20220519610.1002/adma.202205196 ↗
13. 10.1002/adfm.20130322010.1002/adfm.201303220 ↗
14. 10.1016/j.matt.2020.03.01610.1016/j.matt.2020.03.016 ↗
15. 10.1038/s41563-018-0084-710.1038/s41563-018-0084-7 ↗
16. 10.1002/adfm.20240367110.1002/adfm.202403671 ↗
17. 10.1002/adfm.20190668310.1002/adfm.201906683 ↗
18. 10.1002/adma.20140479010.1002/adma.201404790 ↗
19. 10.1002/adma.20220856910.1002/adma.202208569 ↗
20. 10.1002/adma.20200292910.1002/adma.202002929 ↗
21. 10.1002/adma.20190386410.1002/adma.201903864 ↗
22. 10.1002/adma.20221011210.1002/adma.202210112 ↗
23. 10.1038/s41467-022-30427-z10.1038/s41467-022-30427-z ↗
24. 10.1002/adma.20200217810.1002/adma.202002178 ↗
25. 10.1038/s41563-020-00863-710.1038/s41563-020-00863-7 ↗
26. 10.1126/sciadv.adf057510.1126/sciadv.adf0575 ↗
27. 10.1126/science.abo663110.1126/science.abo6631 ↗
28. 10.1038/s41467-023-39928-x10.1038/s41467-023-39928-x ↗
29. 10.1038/s41467-022-34301-w10.1038/s41467-022-34301-w ↗
30. 10.1002/adfm.20200733610.1002/adfm.202007336 ↗
31. 10.1016/j.matt.2020.08.01210.1016/j.matt.2020.08.012 ↗
32. 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c0127010.1021/acs.nanolett.2c01270 ↗
33. 10.1038/s41467-023-43574-810.1038/s41467-023-43574-8 ↗
34. 10.1038/s41467-022-28901-910.1038/s41467-022-28901-9 ↗
35. 10.1002/adfm.20210676110.1002/adfm.202106761 ↗
36. 10.1039/D1MH00924A10.1039/D1MH00924A ↗
37. 10.1038/s41563-020-00902-310.1038/s41563-020-00902-3 ↗
38. 10.1126/sciadv.adg860210.1126/sciadv.adg8602 ↗
39. 10.1126/sciadv.abg404110.1126/sciadv.abg4041 ↗
40. 10.1002/adfm.20230842610.1002/adfm.202308426 ↗
41. 10.1016/j.coco.2022.10138110.1016/j.coco.2022.101381 ↗
42. 10.1021/acsnano.9b0477110.1021/acsnano.9b04771 ↗
43. 10.1002/dro2.1310.1002/dro2.13 ↗