Flexible Conductive Hydrogel
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 September 2023) | Viewed by 10813
Special Issue Editor
Interests: conductive hydrogels; nanocellulose; wood nanotechnologies; robotic materials; water treatment
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Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue on Flexible Conductive Hydrogels is devoted to the dissemination of high-quality original research articles or comprehensive reviews on cutting-edge developments in this interdisciplinary field. In recent years, flexible conductive hydrogels have been driven by scientific breakthroughs and offer a wide variety of applications, such as sensors, touch panels, electronic skins, human-machine interaction, biomedicine, robotics, energy storage, etc. Large amounts of conductive hydrogels have been developed for various modern applications, and new advances are being made for energy harvesting, monitoring human motion, treatment of different diseases, artificial soft electronics, etc., thus contributing to human wellbeing. The growing interest in multifunctional conductive hydrogels is mainly because of their simple, yet effective synthetic strategies, and the possibility of achieving competitive advantages for versatile applications. This excitement is certainly fostered through the convergence of physical sciences, chemical sciences, material sciences, medical sciences, and computational sciences, which will bring about profound changes in the way we develop hydrogel-based devices.
An in-depth understanding of the physical, chemical, and/or structural clues is therefore essential for the performance and development of hydrogel-based devices. Both original contributions and comprehensive reviews are welcome.
With a focus on flexible conductive hydrogels, potential topics include but are not limited to the following:
- Synthesis of flexible conductive hydrogels;
- Analysis of conductive hydrogels;
- Physics of conductive hydrogels;
- Theory and simulation of flexible conductive hydrogels;
- Conceptual and creative design of conductive hydrogel-based devices;
- Additive manufacturing of conductive hydrogels;
- Design of hydrogel-based devices;
- Processing and performance of conductive hydrogels;
- Functional conductive hydrogels;
- Bio-based conductive hydrogels;
- Biodegradability of conductive hydrogels.
Dr. Shuaiming He
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- conductive hydrogels
- robotic materials
- sensors
- concept and creative design of hydrogel-based devices
- additive manufacturing
- design of hydrogel-based devices
- functional conductive hydrogels
- bio-based conductive hydrogels
- biodegradability
- hydrogel soft robotics
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