Compliant Iontronic Triboelectric Gels with Phase-Locked Structure Enabled by Competitive Hydrogen Bonding

Guoli Du; Yuzheng Shao; Bin Luo; Tao Liu; Jiamin Zhao; Ying Qin; Jinlong Wang; Song Zhang; Mingchao Chi; Cong Gao; Yanhua Liu; Chenchen Cai; Shuangfei Wang; Shuangxi Nie

doi:10.1007/s40820-024-01387-4

Nano-Micro Letters, Volume. 16, Issue 1, 170(2024)

Compliant Iontronic Triboelectric Gels with Phase-Locked Structure Enabled by Competitive Hydrogen Bonding

Guoli Du, Yuzheng Shao, Bin Luo, Tao Liu, Jiamin Zhao, Ying Qin, Jinlong Wang, Song Zhang, Mingchao Chi, Cong Gao, Yanhua Liu, Chenchen Cai, Shuangfei Wang, and Shuangxi Nie^*

Author Affiliations

School of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, People’s Republic of China

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Guoli Du, Yuzheng Shao, Bin Luo, Tao Liu, Jiamin Zhao, Ying Qin, Jinlong Wang, Song Zhang, Mingchao Chi, Cong Gao, Yanhua Liu, Chenchen Cai, Shuangfei Wang, Shuangxi Nie. Compliant Iontronic Triboelectric Gels with Phase-Locked Structure Enabled by Competitive Hydrogen Bonding[J]. Nano-Micro Letters, 2024, 16(1): 170

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Category: Research Articles

Received: Jan. 20, 2024

Accepted: Feb. 28, 2024

Published Online: Apr. 29, 2024

The Author Email: Nie Shuangxi (nieshuangxi@gxu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1007/s40820-024-01387-4

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