Electroactive Oxidized Alginate/Gelatin/MXene (Ti₃C₂T_x) Composite Hydrogel with Improved Biocompatibility and Self-Healing Property.

ABSTRACT: Conductive hydrogels (CHs) have shown promising potential applied as wearable or epidermal sensors owing to their mechanical adaptability and similarity to natural tissues. However, it remains a great challenge to develop an integrated hydrogel combining outstanding conductive, self-healing and biocompatible performances with simple approaches. In this work, we propose a "one-pot" strategy to synthesize multifunctional CHs by incorporating two-dimensional (2D) transition metal carbides/nitrides (MXenes) multi-layer nano-flakes as nanofillers into oxidized alginate and gelatin hydrogels to form the composite CHs with various MXene contents. The presence of MXene with abundant surface groups and outstanding conductivity could improve the mechanical property and electroactivity of the composi

SUBMITTER: Zhu H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9506128 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature