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    Light-regulated growth from dynamic swollen substrates for making rough surfaces
    (Berlin : Springer Nature, 2020) Xue, Lulu; Xiong, Xinhong; Krishnan, Baiju P.; Puza, Fatih; Wang, Sheng; Zheng, Yijun; Cui, Jiaxi
    Natural organic structures form via a growth mode in which nutrients are absorbed, transported, and integrated. In contrast, synthetic architectures are constructed through fundamentally different methods, such as assembling, molding, cutting, and printing. Here, we report a photoinduced strategy for regulating the localized growth of microstructures from the surface of a swollen dynamic substrate, by coupling photolysis, photopolymerization, and transesterification together. Photolysis is used to generate dissociable ionic groups to enhance the swelling ability that drives nutrient solutions containing polymerizable components into the irradiated region, photopolymerization converts polymerizable components into polymers, and transesterification incorporates newly formed polymers into the original network structure. Such light-regulated growth is spatially controllable and dose-dependent and allows fine modulation of the size, composition, and mechanical properties of the grown structures. We also demonstrate the application of this process in the preparation of microstructures on a surface and the restoration of large-scale surface damage.
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    Self‐Healable and Recyclable Tactile Force Sensors with Post‐Tunable Sensitivity
    (Weinheim : Wiley-VCH, 2020) Zhou, Xiaozhuang; Zhang, Xuan; Zhao, Huaixia; Krishnan, Baiju P.; Cui, Jiaxi
    It is challenging to post‐tune the sensitivity of a tactile force sensor. Herein, a facile method is reported to tailor the sensing properties of conductive polymer composites by utilizing the liquid‐like property of dynamic polymer matrix at low strain rates. The idea is demonstrated using dynamic polymer composites (CB/dPDMS) made via evaporation‐induced gelation of the suspending toluene solution of carbon black (CB) and acid‐catalyzed dynamic polydimethylsiloxane (dPDMS). The dPDMS matrices allow CB to redistribute to change the sensitivity of materials at the liquid‐like state, but exhibit typical solid‐like behavior and thus can be used as strain sensors at normal strain rates. It is shown that the gauge factor of the polymer composites can be easily post‐tuned from 1.4 to 51.5. In addition, the dynamic polymer matrices also endow the composites with interesting self‐healing ability and recyclability. Therefore, it is envisioned that this method can be useful in the design of various novel tactile sensing materials for many applications.