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Reversible photo-patterning of soft conductive materials via spatially-defined supramolecular assembly.

ABSTRACT: A strategy for reversible patterning of soft conductive materials is described, based upon a combination of peptide-based block copolymer hydrogelators and photo-thermally-active carbon nanotubes. This composite displays photo-responsive gelation at application-relevant timescales (<10 s), allowing for rapid and spatially-defined construction of conductive patterns (>100 S m(-1)), which, additionally, hold the capability to revert to sol upon sonication for reprocessing.

SUBMITTER: He X

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5043637 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Reversible photo-patterning of soft conductive materials via spatially-defined supramolecular assembly.

He Xun X Fan Jingwei J Zou Jiong J Wooley Karen L KL

Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) 20160601 54

A strategy for reversible patterning of soft conductive materials is described, based upon a combination of peptide-based block copolymer hydrogelators and photo-thermally-active carbon nanotubes. This composite displays photo-responsive gelation at application-relevant timescales (<10 s), allowing for rapid and spatially-defined construction of conductive patterns (>100 S m(-1)), which, additionally, hold the capability to revert to sol upon sonication for reprocessing. ...[more]

PMID: 27305966

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