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Nano-Micro Letters, Volume. 16, Issue 1, 149(2024)

Naturally Crosslinked Biocompatible Carbonaceous Liquid Metal Aqueous Ink Printing Wearable Electronics for Multi-Sensing and Energy Harvesting

King Yan Chung¹, Bingang Xu^1、*, Di Tan¹, Qingjun Yang¹, Zihua Li¹, and Hong Fu²

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¹Nanotechnology Center, School of Fashion and Textiles, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong 999077, People’s Republic of China

²Department of Mathematics and Information Technology, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China

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King Yan Chung, Bingang Xu, Di Tan, Qingjun Yang, Zihua Li, Hong Fu. Naturally Crosslinked Biocompatible Carbonaceous Liquid Metal Aqueous Ink Printing Wearable Electronics for Multi-Sensing and Energy Harvesting[J]. Nano-Micro Letters, 2024, 16(1): 149

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Received: Oct. 27, 2023

Accepted: Jan. 19, 2024

Published Online: Apr. 29, 2024

The Author Email: Xu Bingang (tcxubg@polyu.edu.hk)

DOI:10.1007/s40820-024-01362-z

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