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Strain-resilient porous conductors with fewer nanofillers from in situ phase separation

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Silver nanowires self-assembled on microscale elastomer pores, through in situ phase separation, yield highly elastic porous nanocomposite conductors with ultralow percolation threshold and high stretchability. This material is highly conductive, strain-insensitive and fatigue-tolerant, and holds promise for strain-resilient, wireless, battery-free bioelectronics.

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Fig. 1: A phase-separated porous nanocomposite (PSPN) with ultralow percolation threshold and strain-resilient electrical properties for wireless bioelectronics.

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This is a summary of: Xu, Y. et al. Phase-separated porous nanocomposite with ultralow percolation threshold for wireless bioelectronics. Nat. Nanotechnol. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-024-01658-6 (2024).

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Strain-resilient porous conductors with fewer nanofillers from in situ phase separation. Nat. Nanotechnol. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-024-01661-x

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