Hydrophobic Bioadhesive Composites for Human Motion Detection

ACS Macro Lett. 2021 Nov 16;10(11):1353-1358. doi: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.1c00559. Epub 2021 Oct 15.

Abstract

Conductive hydrogels are rapidly rising as sensing materials for bioelectronics applications, but lack mechanical and adhesion strength due to their excess water content. We propose a diazirine-grafted polycaprolactone adhesive (CaproGlu)/carbon nanotubes (CNTs) composite that can provide wet adhesion and strong mechanical properties at the tissue-machine interface. The introduced CNTs not only reinforced the CaproGlu, but also formed electrically conducting pathways. The CaproGlu composites exhibited conductivity of 0.1 S m-1 and a charge storage capacity of 5 μC cm-2. The resulting composites are biocompatible and can be used as strain sensors to detect mechanical deformations.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adhesives
  • Electric Conductivity
  • Humans
  • Hydrogels / chemistry
  • Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions
  • Nanotubes, Carbon* / chemistry

Substances

  • Adhesives
  • Hydrogels
  • Nanotubes, Carbon