Instant tough bonding of hydrogels for soft machines and electronics

Daniela Wirthl; Robert Pichler; Michael Drack; Gerald Kettlguber; Richard Moser; Robert Gerstmayr; Florian Hartmann; Elke Bradt; Rainer Kaltseis; Christian M. Siket; Stefan E. Schausberger; Sabine Hild; Siegfried Bauer; Martin Kaltenbrunner

doi:10.1126/sciadv.1700053

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Instant tough bonding of hydrogels for soft machines and electronics

Daniela Wirthl¹,*,
Robert Pichler¹,*,
Michael Drack¹,
Gerald Kettlguber¹,
Richard Moser¹,
Robert Gerstmayr²,
Florian Hartmann¹,³,
Elke Bradt²,
Rainer Kaltseis¹,
Christian M. Siket¹,
Stefan E. Schausberger¹,
Sabine Hild²,
Siegfried Bauer¹ and
Martin Kaltenbrunner³,†

¹Department of Soft Matter Physics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenbergerstrasse 69, 4040 Linz, Austria.
²Institute of Polymer Science, Johannes Kepler University Linz, 4040 Linz, Austria.
³Linz Institute of Technology, Soft Electronics Laboratory, Johannes Kepler University Linz, 4040 Linz, Austria.

↵†Corresponding author. Email: martin.kaltenbrunner{at}jku.at

↵* These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Science Advances 21 Jun 2017:
Vol. 3, no. 6, e1700053
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1700053

Daniela Wirthl

Department of Soft Matter Physics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenbergerstrasse 69, 4040 Linz, Austria.

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Robert Pichler

Department of Soft Matter Physics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenbergerstrasse 69, 4040 Linz, Austria.

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Michael Drack

Department of Soft Matter Physics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenbergerstrasse 69, 4040 Linz, Austria.

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Gerald Kettlguber

Department of Soft Matter Physics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenbergerstrasse 69, 4040 Linz, Austria.

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Richard Moser

Department of Soft Matter Physics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenbergerstrasse 69, 4040 Linz, Austria.

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Robert Gerstmayr

Institute of Polymer Science, Johannes Kepler University Linz, 4040 Linz, Austria.

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Florian Hartmann

Department of Soft Matter Physics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenbergerstrasse 69, 4040 Linz, Austria.Linz Institute of Technology, Soft Electronics Laboratory, Johannes Kepler University Linz, 4040 Linz, Austria.

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Elke Bradt

Institute of Polymer Science, Johannes Kepler University Linz, 4040 Linz, Austria.

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Rainer Kaltseis

Department of Soft Matter Physics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenbergerstrasse 69, 4040 Linz, Austria.

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Christian M. Siket

Department of Soft Matter Physics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenbergerstrasse 69, 4040 Linz, Austria.

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Stefan E. Schausberger

Department of Soft Matter Physics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenbergerstrasse 69, 4040 Linz, Austria.

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Sabine Hild

Institute of Polymer Science, Johannes Kepler University Linz, 4040 Linz, Austria.

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Siegfried Bauer

Department of Soft Matter Physics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenbergerstrasse 69, 4040 Linz, Austria.

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Martin Kaltenbrunner

Linz Institute of Technology, Soft Electronics Laboratory, Johannes Kepler University Linz, 4040 Linz, Austria.

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