Wearable electronics integrated with stretchable sensors are considered a promising and non-invasive strategy to monitor respiratory status for health assessment.However,long-term and stable monitoring of respiratory ...Wearable electronics integrated with stretchable sensors are considered a promising and non-invasive strategy to monitor respiratory status for health assessment.However,long-term and stable monitoring of respiratory abnormality is still a grand challenge.Here,we report a facile one-step thermal stretching strategy to fabricate an anti-fatigue ionic gel(AIG)sensor with high fatigue threshold(0=1130 J m^(–2)),high stability(>20,000 cycles),high linear sensitivity,and recyclability.A multimodal wearable respiratory monitoring system(WRMS)developed with AIG sensors can continuously measure respiratory abnormality(single-sensor mode)and compliance(multi-sensor mode)by monitoring the movement of the ribcage and abdomen in a long-term manner.For single-sensor mode,the respiratory frequency(Fr),respiratory energy(Er),and inspire/expire time(I/E ratio)can be extracted to evaluate the respiratory status during sitting,sporting,and sleeping.Further,the multi-sensors mode is developed to evaluate patientventilator asynchrony through validated clinical criteria by monitoring the incongruous movement of the chest and abdomen,which shows great potential for both daily home care and clinical applications.展开更多
Ionic liquid gel polymers have widely been used as the electrolytes in all-solid-state supercapacitors, but they suffer from low ionic conductivity and poor electrochemical performance. Arc discharge is a fast, low-co...Ionic liquid gel polymers have widely been used as the electrolytes in all-solid-state supercapacitors, but they suffer from low ionic conductivity and poor electrochemical performance. Arc discharge is a fast, low-cost and scalable method to prepare multi-layered graphene nanosheets, and as-made graphene nanosheets （denoted as ad-GNSs） with few defects, high electrical conductivity and high thermal stability should be favorable conductive additive materials. Here, a novel ionic liquid gel polymer electrolyte based on an ionic liquid （EM1MNTF2） and an copolymer （P（VDF-HFP）） was modified by the addition of ad-GNSs as an ionic conducting promoter. This modified gel electrolyte shows excellent thermal stability up to 400 ℃ and a wide electrochemical window of 3 V. An all-solid-state supercapacitor based on commercial activated carbon was fabricated using this modified ionic liquid gel polymer electrolyte, which shows obviously improved electrochemical behaviors compared with those of the corresponding all-solid-state supercapacitor using pure ionic liquid gel polymer electrolyte. Specially, smaller internal resistance, higher specific capacitance, better rate performance and cycling stability are achieved. These results indicate that the ionic liquid gel polymers modified by ad-GNSs would be promising and suitable gel electrolytes for high performance all-solid-state electrochemical devices.展开更多
Ionic gels can be potentially used in wearable devices owing to their high humidity resistance and non-volatility.However,the applicability of existing ionic gel pressure sensors is limited by their low sensitivity.Th...Ionic gels can be potentially used in wearable devices owing to their high humidity resistance and non-volatility.However,the applicability of existing ionic gel pressure sensors is limited by their low sensitivity.Therefore,it is very import-ant to develop an ionic gel pressure sensor with high sensitivity and a wide pressure detection range without sacrificing mechan-ical stretchability and self-healing ability.Herein,we report an effective strategy for developing pressure sensors based on ion-ic gel composites consisting of high-molecular-weight polymers,ionic liquids,and Au nanoparticles.The resulting capacitive pressure sensors exhibit high pressure sensitivity,fast response,and excellent self-healing properties.The sensors composed of highly hydrophobic polymers and ionic liquids can be used to track underwater movements,demonstrating broad application prospects in human motion state monitoring and underwater mechanical operations.展开更多
A new type of soft actuator material-ionic liquid gel （ILG）, which consists of HEMA, BMIMBF4, and TiO2, can be transformed into gel state under the irradiation of ultraviolet （UV） light. In this paper, Mooney-Rivl...A new type of soft actuator material-ionic liquid gel （ILG）, which consists of HEMA, BMIMBF4, and TiO2, can be transformed into gel state under the irradiation of ultraviolet （UV） light. In this paper, Mooney-Rivlin hyperelastic model of finite element method is proposed for the first time to study the properties of the ILG. It has been proved that the content of TiO2 has a great influence on the properties of the gel, and Young＇s modulus of the gel increases with the increase of its content, despite of reduced tensile deformation. The results in this work show that when the TiO2 content is 1.0 wt%, a large tensile deformation and a strong Young＇s modulus can be obtained to be 325% and 7.8 kPa, respectively. The material parameters of ILG with TiO2 content values of 0.2 wt%, 0.5 wt%, 1.0 wt%, and 1.5 wt% are obtained, respectively, through uniaxial tensile tests, including C10, C01, C20, C11, C02, C30, C21, C12, and C03 elements. In this paper, the large-scaled general finite element software ANSYS is used to simulate and analyze the ILG, which is based on SOLID186 element and nonlinear hyperelastic Mooney-Rivlin model. The finite element simulation analysis based stress-strain curves are almost consistent with the experimental stress-strain curves, and hence the finite element analysis of ILG is feasible and credible. This work presents a new direction for studying the performance of soft actuator for the ILG, and also contributes to the design of soft robot actuator.展开更多
Magnesium oxide（MgO） is one of the metal oxides having unique properties with numerous potential industrial applications.In this study,MgO and vanadium-doped MgO nanoparticles were synthesized by sol–gel method in ...Magnesium oxide（MgO） is one of the metal oxides having unique properties with numerous potential industrial applications.In this study,MgO and vanadium-doped MgO nanoparticles were synthesized by sol–gel method in 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate [BMIM][BF_4] and 1-octyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate [OMIM][BF_4] ionic liquids.Vanadium-doped MgO nanoparticles exhibited nanosphere and nanorod morphologies with 40–80 nm in particle size,primarily due to the influence of ionic liquids as demonstrated by high-resolution scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy.Characteristics of nanoparticles were also studied by thermal gravimetric analysis,X-ray diffraction and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy.Photodegradation ability of synthesized nanoparticles was evaluated for methylene blue（MB） in specially designed UV reactor.Photodegradation is found to be dependent on doping,and particle characteristics change due to the influence of ionic liquid.The ionic liquid-assisted vanadium-doped MgO nanoparticles showed good reusability under UV irradiation and MB degradation ability under visible light.展开更多
The well-developed multifunctional wearable electronic device has fed the demand for human medicine and health monitoring in complex situations.However,the advancement of nuclear technology,especially irradiation medi...The well-developed multifunctional wearable electronic device has fed the demand for human medicine and health monitoring in complex situations.However,the advancement of nuclear technology,especially irradiation medicine and safety inspections,has increased the exposure risk of irradiation safety workers.Traditional irradiation detectors are stiff and incompatible with the skin,and lack human health monitoring function,thus it’s vital to apply these flexible sensors for irradiation warning.Here,we report a novel composite gel device synthesized through solution processes by combining the Cs_(3)Cu_(2)I_(5):Zn nanoscintillator with the pre-patterned biocompatible gel,exhibiting a bi-functional response to motion/vibration sensing and sensitive irradiation warning.These wearable devices achieve a pressure sensitivity of up to 34 kPa^(-1)in a low-pressure range (0–3 kPa),a low limit of detection (LoD) down to 1.4 Pa,enabling health monitoring functions of pulse monitoring,finger bending,and elbow bending.Simultaneously,the device scintillates under X-ray irradiation among a wide dose rate range of 54–1167μGy_(air)s^(-1).The robust device shows no obvious signal loss after 4000 compression cycles and also excellent irradiation resistance over 50 days,broadening the path for designing and realizing new functional wearable devices.展开更多
A low cost,rapid and sensitive preparation method of silica gel supported ionic liquid(SGSIL)combined with matrix solid phase dispersion(MSPD)followed by high performance liquid chromatography(HPLC)with ultraviolet de...A low cost,rapid and sensitive preparation method of silica gel supported ionic liquid(SGSIL)combined with matrix solid phase dispersion(MSPD)followed by high performance liquid chromatography(HPLC)with ultraviolet detection(UV)is proposed,and it was applied to determine the seven active compounds in Salvia Miltiorrhiza herb.SGSIL and ionic liquid[BMIM]BF4 were used as the adsorbent and the green elution reagent in the MSPD procedure.Several extraction conditions including type of filler and elution solvent,the volume of elution solvent,material liquid ratio were optimized.Under the optimum conditions,the SGSIL-MSPD-HPLC method showed a low limit of detection(LOD,S/N=3)of 0.0122-0.8788μg/mL for standard solution,limit of quantification(LOQ,S/N=10)of 0.0406-2.9292μg/mL for standard solution,wide linear range from 1.56 to 2000μg/mL for all compounds for standard solution,correlation coefficients(r)of more than 0.9990,acceptable reproducibility(relative standard deviations,RSDs<3.54%),and precision of RSDs<3.36%for intra-day,RSDs<3.50%for inter-day.The satisfactory recoveries ranged from 96.4 to 102.5,with RSDs less than 3.45%.The developed SGSIL-MSPD method is easier and more suitable for the determination of the seven active compounds in Salvia Miltiorrhiza herb than the traditional ultrasonic extraction.It was an effective and efficient method for the extraction and quantification of the seven active compounds in traditional Chinese herbal samples.展开更多
Tactile sensing provides robots the ability of object recognition,fine operation,natural interaction,etc.However,in the actual scenario,robotic tactile recognition of similar objects still faces difficulties such as l...Tactile sensing provides robots the ability of object recognition,fine operation,natural interaction,etc.However,in the actual scenario,robotic tactile recognition of similar objects still faces difficulties such as low efficiency and accuracy,resulting from a lack of high-performance sensors and intelligent recognition algorithms.In this paper,a flexible sensor combining a pyramidal microstructure with a gradient conformal ionic gel coating was demonstrated,exhibiting excellent signal-to-noise ratio(48 dB),low detection limit(1 Pa),high sensitivity(92.96 kPa^(-1)),fast response time(55 ms),and outstanding stability over 15,000 compression-release cycles.Furthermore,a Pressure-Slip Dual-Branch Convolutional Neural Network(PSNet)architecture was proposed to separately extract hardness and texture features and perform feature fusion.In tactile experiments on different kinds of leaves,a recognition rate of 97.16%was achieved,and surpassed that of human hands recognition(72.5%).These researches showed the great potential in a broad application in bionic robots,intelligent prostheses,and precise human–computer interaction.展开更多
Ionic gel(IG)electrolytes are emerging as promising components for the development of next-generation supercapacitors(SCs),offering benefits in terms of safety,cost-effectiveness,and flexibility.The ionic conductivity...Ionic gel(IG)electrolytes are emerging as promising components for the development of next-generation supercapacitors(SCs),offering benefits in terms of safety,cost-effectiveness,and flexibility.The ionic conductivity,stability,and mechanical properties of the gel electrolyte are relevant factors to be considered and the key to improving the performance of the SC.However,the structure–activity relationship between the internal structure of IGs and their SC properties is not fully understood.In the current study,the intuitive and regular structure–activity relationship between the structure and properties of IGs was revealed via combining computational simulation and experiment.In terms of conductivity,the ionic liquid(IL)([EMIM][TFSI])in the IG has a high self-diffusion coefficient calculated by molecular dynamics simulation(MDS),which is conductive to transfer and then improves the conductivity.The radial distribution function of the MDS shows that the larger the g(r)between the particles in the polymer network,the stronger the interaction.For stability,IGs based on[EMIM][TFSI]and[EOMIM][TFSI]ILs have higher density functional theory calculated binding energy,which is reflected in the excellent thermal stability and excellent capacitor cycle stability.Based on the internal pore size distribution and stress-strain characterization of the gel network([ME3MePy][TFSI]and[BMIM][TFSI]as additives),the highly crosslinked aggregate network significantly reduces the internal mesoporous distribution and plays a leading role in improving the mechanical properties of the network.By using this strategy,it will be possible to design the ideal structure of the IG and achieve excellent performance.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NNSFC grant No.52125301)the Sichuan Province Science and Technology Department Project(grant No.2021YJ0448)+1 种基金the Post Doctoral Research Fund,West China Hospital,Sichuan University(grant No.2020HXBH181)We thank Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility(SSRF)BL16B1 for providing technological support for SAXS and WAXD characterization。
文摘Wearable electronics integrated with stretchable sensors are considered a promising and non-invasive strategy to monitor respiratory status for health assessment.However,long-term and stable monitoring of respiratory abnormality is still a grand challenge.Here,we report a facile one-step thermal stretching strategy to fabricate an anti-fatigue ionic gel(AIG)sensor with high fatigue threshold(0=1130 J m^(–2)),high stability(>20,000 cycles),high linear sensitivity,and recyclability.A multimodal wearable respiratory monitoring system(WRMS)developed with AIG sensors can continuously measure respiratory abnormality(single-sensor mode)and compliance(multi-sensor mode)by monitoring the movement of the ribcage and abdomen in a long-term manner.For single-sensor mode,the respiratory frequency(Fr),respiratory energy(Er),and inspire/expire time(I/E ratio)can be extracted to evaluate the respiratory status during sitting,sporting,and sleeping.Further,the multi-sensors mode is developed to evaluate patientventilator asynchrony through validated clinical criteria by monitoring the incongruous movement of the chest and abdomen,which shows great potential for both daily home care and clinical applications.
基金the support from the Top Hundred Talents Program of Chinese Academy of Sciencesthe National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.21203223 and 21303234)
文摘Ionic liquid gel polymers have widely been used as the electrolytes in all-solid-state supercapacitors, but they suffer from low ionic conductivity and poor electrochemical performance. Arc discharge is a fast, low-cost and scalable method to prepare multi-layered graphene nanosheets, and as-made graphene nanosheets （denoted as ad-GNSs） with few defects, high electrical conductivity and high thermal stability should be favorable conductive additive materials. Here, a novel ionic liquid gel polymer electrolyte based on an ionic liquid （EM1MNTF2） and an copolymer （P（VDF-HFP）） was modified by the addition of ad-GNSs as an ionic conducting promoter. This modified gel electrolyte shows excellent thermal stability up to 400 ℃ and a wide electrochemical window of 3 V. An all-solid-state supercapacitor based on commercial activated carbon was fabricated using this modified ionic liquid gel polymer electrolyte, which shows obviously improved electrochemical behaviors compared with those of the corresponding all-solid-state supercapacitor using pure ionic liquid gel polymer electrolyte. Specially, smaller internal resistance, higher specific capacitance, better rate performance and cycling stability are achieved. These results indicate that the ionic liquid gel polymers modified by ad-GNSs would be promising and suitable gel electrolytes for high performance all-solid-state electrochemical devices.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC,Grant Nos.61874111,62174152 and 62022079)the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2020YFB1506400)+1 种基金the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.2020115)the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA16021200).
文摘Ionic gels can be potentially used in wearable devices owing to their high humidity resistance and non-volatility.However,the applicability of existing ionic gel pressure sensors is limited by their low sensitivity.Therefore,it is very import-ant to develop an ionic gel pressure sensor with high sensitivity and a wide pressure detection range without sacrificing mechan-ical stretchability and self-healing ability.Herein,we report an effective strategy for developing pressure sensors based on ion-ic gel composites consisting of high-molecular-weight polymers,ionic liquids,and Au nanoparticles.The resulting capacitive pressure sensors exhibit high pressure sensitivity,fast response,and excellent self-healing properties.The sensors composed of highly hydrophobic polymers and ionic liquids can be used to track underwater movements,demonstrating broad application prospects in human motion state monitoring and underwater mechanical operations.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.51538009 and 51605334)the Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai Municipality,China(Grant No.08002360285)
文摘A new type of soft actuator material-ionic liquid gel （ILG）, which consists of HEMA, BMIMBF4, and TiO2, can be transformed into gel state under the irradiation of ultraviolet （UV） light. In this paper, Mooney-Rivlin hyperelastic model of finite element method is proposed for the first time to study the properties of the ILG. It has been proved that the content of TiO2 has a great influence on the properties of the gel, and Young＇s modulus of the gel increases with the increase of its content, despite of reduced tensile deformation. The results in this work show that when the TiO2 content is 1.0 wt%, a large tensile deformation and a strong Young＇s modulus can be obtained to be 325% and 7.8 kPa, respectively. The material parameters of ILG with TiO2 content values of 0.2 wt%, 0.5 wt%, 1.0 wt%, and 1.5 wt% are obtained, respectively, through uniaxial tensile tests, including C10, C01, C20, C11, C02, C30, C21, C12, and C03 elements. In this paper, the large-scaled general finite element software ANSYS is used to simulate and analyze the ILG, which is based on SOLID186 element and nonlinear hyperelastic Mooney-Rivlin model. The finite element simulation analysis based stress-strain curves are almost consistent with the experimental stress-strain curves, and hence the finite element analysis of ILG is feasible and credible. This work presents a new direction for studying the performance of soft actuator for the ILG, and also contributes to the design of soft robot actuator.
文摘Magnesium oxide（MgO） is one of the metal oxides having unique properties with numerous potential industrial applications.In this study,MgO and vanadium-doped MgO nanoparticles were synthesized by sol–gel method in 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate [BMIM][BF_4] and 1-octyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate [OMIM][BF_4] ionic liquids.Vanadium-doped MgO nanoparticles exhibited nanosphere and nanorod morphologies with 40–80 nm in particle size,primarily due to the influence of ionic liquids as demonstrated by high-resolution scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy.Characteristics of nanoparticles were also studied by thermal gravimetric analysis,X-ray diffraction and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy.Photodegradation ability of synthesized nanoparticles was evaluated for methylene blue（MB） in specially designed UV reactor.Photodegradation is found to be dependent on doping,and particle characteristics change due to the influence of ionic liquid.The ionic liquid-assisted vanadium-doped MgO nanoparticles showed good reusability under UV irradiation and MB degradation ability under visible light.
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 52173166 and 22105083)the Project of Science and Technology Development Plan of Jilin Province (No. 20230101025JC)+1 种基金Xiaomi Young Scholar Projectthe Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, JLU, and JLUSTIRT (2017TD-06)。
文摘The well-developed multifunctional wearable electronic device has fed the demand for human medicine and health monitoring in complex situations.However,the advancement of nuclear technology,especially irradiation medicine and safety inspections,has increased the exposure risk of irradiation safety workers.Traditional irradiation detectors are stiff and incompatible with the skin,and lack human health monitoring function,thus it’s vital to apply these flexible sensors for irradiation warning.Here,we report a novel composite gel device synthesized through solution processes by combining the Cs_(3)Cu_(2)I_(5):Zn nanoscintillator with the pre-patterned biocompatible gel,exhibiting a bi-functional response to motion/vibration sensing and sensitive irradiation warning.These wearable devices achieve a pressure sensitivity of up to 34 kPa^(-1)in a low-pressure range (0–3 kPa),a low limit of detection (LoD) down to 1.4 Pa,enabling health monitoring functions of pulse monitoring,finger bending,and elbow bending.Simultaneously,the device scintillates under X-ray irradiation among a wide dose rate range of 54–1167μGy_(air)s^(-1).The robust device shows no obvious signal loss after 4000 compression cycles and also excellent irradiation resistance over 50 days,broadening the path for designing and realizing new functional wearable devices.
基金This research was supported by Special Research Fund for Young Doctors of Qiqihar Medical University(QMSI2020B-03,hosted by Wenjing Li).
文摘A low cost,rapid and sensitive preparation method of silica gel supported ionic liquid(SGSIL)combined with matrix solid phase dispersion(MSPD)followed by high performance liquid chromatography(HPLC)with ultraviolet detection(UV)is proposed,and it was applied to determine the seven active compounds in Salvia Miltiorrhiza herb.SGSIL and ionic liquid[BMIM]BF4 were used as the adsorbent and the green elution reagent in the MSPD procedure.Several extraction conditions including type of filler and elution solvent,the volume of elution solvent,material liquid ratio were optimized.Under the optimum conditions,the SGSIL-MSPD-HPLC method showed a low limit of detection(LOD,S/N=3)of 0.0122-0.8788μg/mL for standard solution,limit of quantification(LOQ,S/N=10)of 0.0406-2.9292μg/mL for standard solution,wide linear range from 1.56 to 2000μg/mL for all compounds for standard solution,correlation coefficients(r)of more than 0.9990,acceptable reproducibility(relative standard deviations,RSDs<3.54%),and precision of RSDs<3.36%for intra-day,RSDs<3.50%for inter-day.The satisfactory recoveries ranged from 96.4 to 102.5,with RSDs less than 3.45%.The developed SGSIL-MSPD method is easier and more suitable for the determination of the seven active compounds in Salvia Miltiorrhiza herb than the traditional ultrasonic extraction.It was an effective and efficient method for the extraction and quantification of the seven active compounds in traditional Chinese herbal samples.
基金supported by the Open Project of the State Key Laboratory of Trauma and Chemical Poisoning(SKL202102)the Key R&D and Transformation of Science and Technology Projects in Tibet Autonomous Region(XZ2022RH001)+3 种基金Chongqing Talents Program(CQYC2020030146)the Project of Chongqing Science and Technology Bureau(cstc2021ycjh-bgzxm0345)Chongqing Bayu Scholar Program(DP2020036)Chongqing Entrepreneurship and Innovation Support Program for Overseas Students Returning to China.
文摘Tactile sensing provides robots the ability of object recognition,fine operation,natural interaction,etc.However,in the actual scenario,robotic tactile recognition of similar objects still faces difficulties such as low efficiency and accuracy,resulting from a lack of high-performance sensors and intelligent recognition algorithms.In this paper,a flexible sensor combining a pyramidal microstructure with a gradient conformal ionic gel coating was demonstrated,exhibiting excellent signal-to-noise ratio(48 dB),low detection limit(1 Pa),high sensitivity(92.96 kPa^(-1)),fast response time(55 ms),and outstanding stability over 15,000 compression-release cycles.Furthermore,a Pressure-Slip Dual-Branch Convolutional Neural Network(PSNet)architecture was proposed to separately extract hardness and texture features and perform feature fusion.In tactile experiments on different kinds of leaves,a recognition rate of 97.16%was achieved,and surpassed that of human hands recognition(72.5%).These researches showed the great potential in a broad application in bionic robots,intelligent prostheses,and precise human–computer interaction.
基金This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(22222502)The authors would like to thank the Key Project of the Education Department of Liaoning Province of China(No.LJKZ1010)+1 种基金the Zhenjiang“Jinshan Talents”Project 2021,the Doctoral Foundation of Bohai University(0521bs005)the Innovation Fund Project for Graduate Students of Bohai University(YJC2023-016).
文摘Ionic gel(IG)electrolytes are emerging as promising components for the development of next-generation supercapacitors(SCs),offering benefits in terms of safety,cost-effectiveness,and flexibility.The ionic conductivity,stability,and mechanical properties of the gel electrolyte are relevant factors to be considered and the key to improving the performance of the SC.However,the structure–activity relationship between the internal structure of IGs and their SC properties is not fully understood.In the current study,the intuitive and regular structure–activity relationship between the structure and properties of IGs was revealed via combining computational simulation and experiment.In terms of conductivity,the ionic liquid(IL)([EMIM][TFSI])in the IG has a high self-diffusion coefficient calculated by molecular dynamics simulation(MDS),which is conductive to transfer and then improves the conductivity.The radial distribution function of the MDS shows that the larger the g(r)between the particles in the polymer network,the stronger the interaction.For stability,IGs based on[EMIM][TFSI]and[EOMIM][TFSI]ILs have higher density functional theory calculated binding energy,which is reflected in the excellent thermal stability and excellent capacitor cycle stability.Based on the internal pore size distribution and stress-strain characterization of the gel network([ME3MePy][TFSI]and[BMIM][TFSI]as additives),the highly crosslinked aggregate network significantly reduces the internal mesoporous distribution and plays a leading role in improving the mechanical properties of the network.By using this strategy,it will be possible to design the ideal structure of the IG and achieve excellent performance.
