Abstract:The present study aims in the developing of new soft
transducers
based on sophisticated stimuli-responsive microgels that exhibit spontaneous
self-assembly forming cohesive films with conductive and mechanoelectrical
properties. For that, oligo(ethylene glycol)-based stimuli-responsive
microgels have been synthesized using bio-inspired catechol cross-linkers
by one-step batch precipitation polymerization in aqueous media. Then,
3,4-ethylene dioxyyhiophene (EDOT) has been directly polymerized onto
stimuli-respo… Show more
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