Small,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: April 2, 2025
Stretchable
electronic
skins
with
multifunctional
sensing
capabilities
are
of
great
importance
in
smart
healthcare,
wearable
display
electronics,
intelligent
robots,
and
human-machine
interfaces.
Thermoplastic
elastomers
play
a
pivotal
role
as
soft
substrate
the
field
stretchable
electronics.
However,
dynamic
interactions
common
thermoplastic
often
result
high
hysteresis
fatigue
damage,
limiting
their
performance
durability.
In
this
study,
highly
resilient
fatigue-resistant
elastomer
is
developed
by
employing
La3+-complexes
crosslinkers.
The
woven
structure
formed
between
prepolymer
ligands
lanthanum
(III)
metal
ions
establishes
stable
coordination
introduces
additional
entanglements
around
Furthermore,
self-assembles
into
hierarchical
nanoarchitectures,
which
serve
physical
crosslinks,
significantly
enhancing
mechanical
strength.
As
result,
new
exhibit
exceptional
strength
(Young's
modulus
≈3.47
MPa;
maximum
stress
≈16.52
MPa),
resilience
(residual
strain
during
cyclic
stretching
at
100%
≈8%),
resistance
(strength
retention
rate
≈90%
after
2000
cycles
stretching),
thermomechanical
properties
(creep
≈14.43%
residual
≈0.22%
80
°C
0.1
MPa).
Leveraging
high-performance
polyurethane
elastomer,
ultra-thin
flexible
electrodes
fabricated,
can
achieve
long-term
monitoring
physiological
signals
human
body.
Materials Horizons,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 1, 2025
Inspired
by
the
octopus’
sucker,
we
proposed
self-damping
photonic
crystals
with
differentiated
reversible
crosslinking
domains,
which
can
delayed-release
entropic
elasticity
in
water
and
visually
perceive
stress
field
evolution
via
structural
color.
Advanced Functional Materials,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: March 27, 2025
Abstract
Smart
fabrics
with
health
protection,
motion
monitoring,
and
perception
capabilities
effectively
managed
optimized
human
health,
significantly
promoting
the
development
of
smart
health.
However,
it
remains
challenging
to
achieve
multifunctional
mechanical
robustness
required
for
use
in
multiple
scenarios
without
destroying
characteristics
softness
air
permeability.
Here,
a
cross‐scale
regulation
strategy
is
presented
based
on
chemical
coupling‐physical
twisting
develop
multiscale
twisted
core‐shell
structure
yarn.
Benefiting
from
strong
interfacial
interactions
coaxial
wrapping
structure,
multi‐component
functional
particles
are
highly
stably
integrated
into
yarn
while
achieving
ultra‐high
strength
(≈0.662
GPa).
The
resulting
fabric
exhibits
good
impact
resistance
(attenuate
>
40%
force),
superior
permeability
(387.37
mm
s
−1
),
excellent
eletromagnetic
interference
(EMI)
shielding
(36.1
dB),
IR
thermal
camouflage,
high
triboelectric
output
(
V
oc
≈39.1
V),
ability
sensitively
perceive
environment
safety
monitor
real‐time.
This
study
addresses
long‐lasting
challenge
balancing
functionality
comfort
offers
new
perspective
developing
next‐generation
advanced
wearable
protective
fabrics.
Small,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: April 2, 2025
Stretchable
electronic
skins
with
multifunctional
sensing
capabilities
are
of
great
importance
in
smart
healthcare,
wearable
display
electronics,
intelligent
robots,
and
human-machine
interfaces.
Thermoplastic
elastomers
play
a
pivotal
role
as
soft
substrate
the
field
stretchable
electronics.
However,
dynamic
interactions
common
thermoplastic
often
result
high
hysteresis
fatigue
damage,
limiting
their
performance
durability.
In
this
study,
highly
resilient
fatigue-resistant
elastomer
is
developed
by
employing
La3+-complexes
crosslinkers.
The
woven
structure
formed
between
prepolymer
ligands
lanthanum
(III)
metal
ions
establishes
stable
coordination
introduces
additional
entanglements
around
Furthermore,
self-assembles
into
hierarchical
nanoarchitectures,
which
serve
physical
crosslinks,
significantly
enhancing
mechanical
strength.
As
result,
new
exhibit
exceptional
strength
(Young's
modulus
≈3.47
MPa;
maximum
stress
≈16.52
MPa),
resilience
(residual
strain
during
cyclic
stretching
at
100%
≈8%),
resistance
(strength
retention
rate
≈90%
after
2000
cycles
stretching),
thermomechanical
properties
(creep
≈14.43%
residual
≈0.22%
80
°C
0.1
MPa).
Leveraging
high-performance
polyurethane
elastomer,
ultra-thin
flexible
electrodes
fabricated,
can
achieve
long-term
monitoring
physiological
signals
human
body.