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Extremely Soft, Conductive, and Transparent Ionic Gels by 3D Optical Printing
Author(s) -
Ahmed Kumkum,
Naga Naofumi,
Kawakami Masaru,
Furukawa Hidemitsu
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
macromolecular chemistry and physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.57
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1521-3935
pISSN - 1022-1352
DOI - 10.1002/macp.201870054
Subject(s) - microscale chemistry , monomer , acrylate , polymer chemistry , materials science , ionic bonding , ionic liquid , electrical conductor , chemical engineering , polymer , chemistry , composite material , ion , organic chemistry , engineering , mathematics education , mathematics , catalysis
Front Cover : In article 1800216 by Hidemitsu Furukawa and co‐workers, ionic gels utilizing a thiol‐ene reaction in ionic liquid (IL) are developed and 3D printed for the first time. The gels are very soft, transparent and conductive. The properties of the gels are highly dependent on the constituent end‐crosslinkers functionalities, acrylate monomer chain length, and IL content. The 3D printed structures of the gels can be obtained up to the microscale resolution.