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Growing recyclable and healable piezoelectric composites in 3D printed bioinspired structure for protective wearable sensor

Nature Communications, ISSN: 2041-1723, Vol: 14, Issue: 1, Page: 6477
2023
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  • Citations
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  • Captures
    114
  • Social Media
    5
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      5
      • Facebook
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Article Description

Bionic multifunctional structural materials that are lightweight, strong, and perceptible have shown great promise in sports, medicine, and aerospace applications. However, smart monitoring devices with integrated mechanical protection and piezoelectric induction are limited. Herein, we report a strategy to grow the recyclable and healable piezoelectric Rochelle salt crystals in 3D-printed cuttlebone-inspired structures to form a new composite for reinforcement smart monitoring devices. In addition to its remarkable mechanical and piezoelectric performance, the growth mechanisms, the recyclability, the sensitivity, and repairability of the 3D-printed Rochelle salt cuttlebone composite were studied. Furthermore, the versatility of composite has been explored and applied as smart sensor armor for football players and fall alarm knee pads, focusing on incorporated mechanical reinforcement and electrical self-sensing capabilities with data collection of the magnitude and distribution of impact forces, which offers new ideas for the design of next-generation smart monitoring electronics in sports, military, aerospace, and biomedical engineering.

Bibliographic Details

He, Qingqing; Zeng, Yushun; Jiang, Laiming; Wang, Ziyu; Lu, Gengxi; Kang, Haochen; Li, Pei; Bethers, Brandon; Feng, Shengwei; Sun, Lizhi; Sun, Peter; Gong, Chen; Jin, Jie; Hou, Yue; Jiang, Runjian; Xu, Wenwu; Olevsky, Eugene; Yang, Yang

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Chemistry; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Physics and Astronomy

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