Abstract
Conductive hydrogels featuring a modulus similar to the skin have flourished in health monitoring and human-machine interface systems. However, developing conductive hydrogels with self-healing and tunable force-electrical performance remains a problem. Herein, a hydrogen bonding cross-linking strategy was utilized by incorporating silk sericin-modified carbon nanotubes (SS@CNTs) into sodium alginate (SA) and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA). Hydrogels synthesized with desirable tensile strength and self-healing ability (67.2 % self-healing efficiency in fracture strength) assembled into strain sensors with a low detection limit of 0.5 % and a gauge factor (GF) of 4.75 (0–17 %). Additionally, as-prepared hydrogels exhibit high sensitivity to tiny pressure changes, allowing recognition of complex handwriting. Notably, resulting hydrogels possess self-powered property, generating up to 215 V and illuminating 100 commercial green LEDs. This work stems from the pressing need for multifunctional hydrogels with prospective applications in human motion sensing and energy harvesting.
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