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Preparation of tough and anti-freezing hybrid double-network carboxymethyl chitosan/poly(acrylic amide) hydrogel and its application for flexible strain sensor

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In this paper, we fabricated a tough, anti-freezing (freezing point of − 25.5 °C) and ionic conductive carboxymethyl chitosan (CMCS)-based double-network (DN) hydrogel by a free radical polymerization and Al3+ coordination. In greater detail, the PAM/CMCS-Al3+ hydrogel was composed of Al3+-coordinated CMCS network and covalently crosslinked PAM network. The hybrid DN structure of PAM/CMCS-Al3+ hydrogel gave rise to high mechanical properties (tensile strength up to 2.15 MPa, elongation at break up to 1741%, toughness of 13.2 MJ/m3 and elastic modulus of 1.43 MPa) and good fatigue resistance. PAM/CMCS-Al3+ hydrogel not only exhibited the capacity to conduct electricity via free ions, but also had good strain sensitivity (GF = 2.09, 0–200% strain and fast response time of 234 ms). Based on the high strain sensitivity, PAM/CMCS-Al3+ hydrogel could be used to assemble a flexible strain sensor with the ability to precisely detect human motions.Kindly check and confirm the edit made in the title.We agree with the edit made in the title.

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This study was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province (No. 2020J01516).

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    Lei Zhang, Jinquan Wang, Jin Zhang, Linxi Hou & Xiancai Jiang

  2. State Key Laboratory of New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing Technologies, Wuhan Textile University, No. 1 Yangguang Avenue, Jiangxia District, Wuhan, 430200, Hubei, China

    Dezhan Ye

  3. Qingyuan Innovation Laboratory, Quanzhou, 362114, China

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Zhang, L., Wang, J., Zhang, J. et al. Preparation of tough and anti-freezing hybrid double-network carboxymethyl chitosan/poly(acrylic amide) hydrogel and its application for flexible strain sensor. J Mater Sci 57, 19666–19680 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-022-07813-5

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