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. 2023 Oct 5;15(19):4001. doi: 10.3390/polym15194001

Table 1.

The comparison of conductive hydrogels as flexible sensors.

Hydrogel Materials Conduction Type Conductivity Sensing Type Gauge Factor Sensing Range Fitting Relation Application Field Ref.
ANF−PVA Electronic 80 S/cm Resistive N/A N/A N/A Bioelectronics [74]
PAA/PEDOT:PSS Electronic 247 S/cm Resistive N/A N/A N/A Bioelectronics [75]
CMC/PAM/NaCl Ionic 6.44 S/m Resistive 0.104–0.214 0.5–800% Piecewise linearity Wearable skin [84]
Cellulose/bentonite Ionic 89.9 mS/cm Resistive N/A N/A N/A Wearable skin [85]
MRH Ionic 2.2 mS/cm Resistive 2.98–6.78 0–300% Piecewise linearity Wearable skin [87]
PAAM−SA−PPy NSs Ionic/Electronic 10 S/m Resistive 1.89–4.53 0–800% Piecewise linearity Wearable skin [92]
PAAm/a−SWCNT/Sn Ionic/Electronic 13.47 S/m Resistive 0.3–0.8 0–100% N/A Wearable skin [93]
CS/PVA−PA−BA Ionic 5.3 S/m Resistive 4.61 0–1000% Linearity Wearable skin [94]
GPMZr Ionic/Electronic 1.76 S/m Resistive 1.24–1.92 0–500% Piecewise linearity Wearable skin/Underwater communicator [95]
PEDOT:PSS−PVA Electronic N/A N/A 4.07 0–300% Linearity Robotic skin [96]
PAM−CaCl2 Ionic N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Wearable skin/Bionic muscle [97]
PVA/PANI Electronic N/A Capacitive 1.26–7.7 kPa−1 0–7.4 kPa Piecewise linearity Wearable skin [98]
PAM/NaCl Ionic N/A Capacitive N/A N/A N/A Wearable skin/Location detecting [55]
PDA@CNT/PAAm Electronic 2 mS/m Resistive 1.99–3.93 0–400% Piecewise linearity Wearable skin/Smart ring device [99]
HAPAA/PANI Ionic/Electronic 3.35 S/m Resistive 2.6–17.9 0–1500% Piecewise linearity Wearable skin/Touch screen device [50]
PAAm/LiCl Ionic 1 S/m N/A N/A N/A N/A Touch panel [100]
TiO2/PDMAA Electronic N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Touch panel [60]
P(AAc−co−SBMA) Ionic N/A Capacitive 0.9 kPa−1 0–5 kPa Linearity Wearable skin [101]
PMVIC−r−SAMS Ionic 0.55 S/m Capacitive 1.12–1.14 0–200% Piecewise linearity Wearable skin [102]
PSCL Ionic 17.1 mS/cm Capacitive 0.14 °C−1 12–95 °C Nonlinearity Temperature sensor [103]

N/A indicates that this information is not applicable in the reference.