Hydrogel fabrication techniques for advanced artificial sensory systems
Artificial sensory systems, designed to emulate human senses like sight, touch, and hearing, have garnered significant attention for their potential to enhance human capabilities, improve human-machine interactions, and enable autonomous systems to better perceive their surroundings. Hydrogels, with...
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| author | Wonhee Gong Jeongyeon Kim Chaeyoon Kim Hyewon Chang Yejin Ahn David V Schaffer Jieung Baek |
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| description | Artificial sensory systems, designed to emulate human senses like sight, touch, and hearing, have garnered significant attention for their potential to enhance human capabilities, improve human-machine interactions, and enable autonomous systems to better perceive their surroundings. Hydrogels, with their biocompatibility, flexibility, and water-rich polymer structure, are increasingly recognized as crucial materials in the development of these systems, especially in applications such as wearable sensors, artificial skin, and neural interfaces. This review explores various hydrogel fabrication techniques, including 3D bioprinting, electrospinning, and photopolymerization, which allow for the precise control of hydrogel properties like mechanical strength, flexibility, and conductivity. By tailoring these properties to mimic natural tissues, hydrogels offer transformative benefits in the creation of advanced, biocompatible, and durable sensory systems. We emphasize the importance of selecting appropriate fabrication methods to meet the specific functional requirements of artificial sensory applications, such as sensitivity to stimuli, durability, and ease of integration. This review further highlights the pivotal role of hydrogels in advancing future artificial sensory technologies and their broad potential in fields ranging from robotics to biomedical devices. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-59d8ab49a9e04aa09ce51fedc2fb52e82025-08-20T02:41:10ZengIOP PublishingInternational Journal of Extreme Manufacturing2631-79902025-01-017606200210.1088/2631-7990/ade8b8Hydrogel fabrication techniques for advanced artificial sensory systemsWonhee Gong0https://orcid.org/0009-0004-0492-4945Jeongyeon Kim1https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7506-1008Chaeyoon Kim2https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3784-5210Hyewon Chang3https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5938-0027Yejin Ahn4https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0392-0363David V Schaffer5Jieung Baek6https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5542-5928Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, Ewha Womans University , Seoul 03760, Republic of Korea; Graduate Program in System Health Science and Engineering, Ewha Womans University , Seoul 03760, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, Ewha Womans University , Seoul 03760, Republic of Korea; Graduate Program in System Health Science and Engineering, Ewha Womans University , Seoul 03760, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, Ewha Womans University , Seoul 03760, Republic of Korea; Graduate Program in System Health Science and Engineering, Ewha Womans University , Seoul 03760, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, Ewha Womans University , Seoul 03760, Republic of KoreaGraduate Program in System Health Science and Engineering, Ewha Womans University , Seoul 03760, Republic of Korea; Department of Biological Sciences, Pusan National University , Busan 46241, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California , Berkeley, CA 94720, United States of AmericaDepartment of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, Ewha Womans University , Seoul 03760, Republic of Korea; Graduate Program in System Health Science and Engineering, Ewha Womans University , Seoul 03760, Republic of KoreaArtificial sensory systems, designed to emulate human senses like sight, touch, and hearing, have garnered significant attention for their potential to enhance human capabilities, improve human-machine interactions, and enable autonomous systems to better perceive their surroundings. Hydrogels, with their biocompatibility, flexibility, and water-rich polymer structure, are increasingly recognized as crucial materials in the development of these systems, especially in applications such as wearable sensors, artificial skin, and neural interfaces. This review explores various hydrogel fabrication techniques, including 3D bioprinting, electrospinning, and photopolymerization, which allow for the precise control of hydrogel properties like mechanical strength, flexibility, and conductivity. By tailoring these properties to mimic natural tissues, hydrogels offer transformative benefits in the creation of advanced, biocompatible, and durable sensory systems. We emphasize the importance of selecting appropriate fabrication methods to meet the specific functional requirements of artificial sensory applications, such as sensitivity to stimuli, durability, and ease of integration. This review further highlights the pivotal role of hydrogels in advancing future artificial sensory technologies and their broad potential in fields ranging from robotics to biomedical devices.https://doi.org/10.1088/2631-7990/ade8b8hydrogelartificial sensory systemsphoto-crosslinking3D bioprintingelectrospinningsmart hydrogels |
| spellingShingle | Wonhee Gong Jeongyeon Kim Chaeyoon Kim Hyewon Chang Yejin Ahn David V Schaffer Jieung Baek Hydrogel fabrication techniques for advanced artificial sensory systems International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing hydrogel artificial sensory systems photo-crosslinking 3D bioprinting electrospinning smart hydrogels |
| title | Hydrogel fabrication techniques for advanced artificial sensory systems |
| title_full | Hydrogel fabrication techniques for advanced artificial sensory systems |
| title_fullStr | Hydrogel fabrication techniques for advanced artificial sensory systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hydrogel fabrication techniques for advanced artificial sensory systems |
| title_short | Hydrogel fabrication techniques for advanced artificial sensory systems |
| title_sort | hydrogel fabrication techniques for advanced artificial sensory systems |
| topic | hydrogel artificial sensory systems photo-crosslinking 3D bioprinting electrospinning smart hydrogels |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1088/2631-7990/ade8b8 |
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