Synergy of Single-ion Conductive and Thermo-responsive Copolymer Hydrogels Achieving Anti-Arrhenius Ionic Conductivity

Shanshan Guo; Rongyuan Lei; Xinmiao Liang; Jiyan Liu; Xueqing Liu; Shuyu Gao; Xianghong Peng; Shilong Bian; Yangwei Chen; Yi Jin; Shaojun Cai; Zhihong Liu; Jiwen Feng

doi:10.1002/asia.201900051

Synergy of Single-ion Conductive and Thermo-responsive Copolymer Hydrogels Achieving Anti-Arrhenius Ionic Conductivity

Chem Asian J. 2019 May 2;14(9):1404-1408. doi: 10.1002/asia.201900051. Epub 2019 Mar 28.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Chemical Materials and Devices (Ministry of Education), School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Jianghan University, Wuhan, 430056, China.
² School of Resources and Environment, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo, 454003, China.
³ State key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, China.

PMID: 30844121
DOI: 10.1002/asia.201900051

Abstract

Artificial intelligence sensations have aroused scientific interest from electronic conductors to bio-inspired ionic conductors. The conductivity of electrons decreases with increasing temperature, while the ionic conductivity agrees with an Arrhenius equation or a modified Vogel-Tammann-Fulcher (VTF) equation. Herein, thermo-responsive poly(N-isopropyl amide) (PNIPAm) and single-ion-conducting poly(2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonic lithium salt) (PAMPSLi) were copolymerized via a facile radical polymerization to demonstrate a very intriguing anti-Arrhenius ionic conductivity behaviour during thermally induced volume-phase transition. These smart hydrogels presented very promising scaffolds for architecting flexible, wearable or advanced functional ionic devices.

Keywords: anti-Arrhenius; conductors; copolymer; hydrogels; single-ion conductor; thermo-response.

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