Tough and stretchable inorganic/organic double network ion gel containing gemini-type ionic liquid as a multiple hydrogen bond cross-linker

RSC Adv. 2019 Apr 16;9(21):11870-11876. doi: 10.1039/c9ra01790a. eCollection 2019 Apr 12.

Abstract

Tough and stretchable inorganic/organic double network ion gels containing gemini-type ionic liquids with two OH groups in the di-cation, which can work as multiple hydrogen bond-based weak cross-linkers of the gel networks, are developed.