Stretchable Hydrogel Electronics and Devices

• DOI: 10.1002/adma.201504152
• Publication Date: 2015-12-08T16:47:55Z
• Authors: Shaoting Lin; Hyunwoo Yuk; Teng Zhang; German Alberto Pa...; Hyunwoo Koo; Cunjiang Yu; Xuanhe Zhao
• Keywords: 02 engineering and technology; 0210 nano-technology

Stretchable hydrogel electronics and devices are designed by integrating stretchable conductors, functional chips, drug-delivery channels, and reservoirs into stretchable, robust, and biocompatible hydrogel matrices. Novel applications include a smart wound dressing capable of sensing the temperatures of various locations on the skin, delivering different drugs to these locations, and subsequently maintaining sustained release of drugs.