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Thin Hydrogel-Elastomer Multilayer Encapsulation for Soft Electronics

Macron, Jennifer  
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Gerratt, Aaron P.  
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Lacour, Stephanie P.  
July 1, 2019
Advanced Materials Technologies

In the exciting race to design and engineer biointegrated and body-like electronic systems, many efforts concentrate on the integration of hydrogels in electronic assemblies. The versatility of hydrogels chemistry combined with their tissue-mimicking properties inspires numerous demonstrations of hydrogel-based touch panels, robots, and sensors over the years. However, their long-term integration in a thin and functional electronic assembly remains a challenge: their sensitivity to both air-drying and water swelling leads to important volume change of the network that is incompatible with the cohesion of a multilayer system, and has irreversible impact on the electronic properties of the assembly. To tackle this issue, proposed is a method to fabricate a hydrogel-elastomer micrometric bilayer with a stable interface, using of a low-swelling type of hydrogel, i.e., poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) and silicone rubber. The bilayer can sustain multiple hydration/dehydration cycles without delamination and can be kept for several months in its dry configuration. Combined with soft metallization technology, the bilayer can be readily integrated into a soft electronic circuit thereby opening a technological route for microfabricated, on-demand morphing systems.

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research article
DOI
10.1002/admt.201900331
Web of Science ID

WOS:000474669100024

Author(s)
Macron, Jennifer  
Gerratt, Aaron P.  
Lacour, Stephanie P.  
Date Issued

2019-07-01

Publisher

Wiley

Published in
Advanced Materials Technologies
Volume

4

Issue

7

Article Number

1900331

Subjects

Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

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Materials Science

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chemical grafting

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hydrogel

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low-swelling assembly

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soft electronics

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thin film

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elasticity

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kirigami

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patterns

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