TY - JOUR
T1 - Progress in stimuli-responsive hydrogel composites for digital technologies
AU - Ejeromedoghene, Onome
AU - Omoniyi, Ahmed Olalekan
AU - Akor, Ephraim
AU - Alowakennu, Michael
AU - Samson, Kingsley Azubuike
AU - Abesa, Solomon
AU - Zhang, Zexin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2024/4
Y1 - 2024/4
N2 - The global demand for data storage and information security has risen to frightening levels. This is due to the global population's paradigm shift toward digital technologies. Over the years, many materials have been explored with significant success and efficiency to drive a digital economy, however, research on stimuli-responsive materials (typically hydrogels) has been an interesting innovation in modern materials science and polymer chemistry. These developed materials are declared smart owing to their unique property and mode of design which incorporates stimuli-responsive moieties into the material structure. The external stimuli that alter the properties of the developed materials sensitive to them are largely grouped into the physical stimuli (e.g., magnetic field, light, temperature, mechanical stress, electrical field) and the chemical (e.g., pH, chemical reactions, ionic strength) stimuli. Thus, the review presents studies on stimuli-responsive hydrogel composite materials with an overview of their functional characteristics, reactions to various environmental stimuli, environmental implications, and potential uses in digital technologies. The scientific breakthrough in the production of stimuli-responsive hydrogel composites is an eye-opener for the development of novel material for improved data security, data authenticity, anti-counterfeiting devices, etc.
AB - The global demand for data storage and information security has risen to frightening levels. This is due to the global population's paradigm shift toward digital technologies. Over the years, many materials have been explored with significant success and efficiency to drive a digital economy, however, research on stimuli-responsive materials (typically hydrogels) has been an interesting innovation in modern materials science and polymer chemistry. These developed materials are declared smart owing to their unique property and mode of design which incorporates stimuli-responsive moieties into the material structure. The external stimuli that alter the properties of the developed materials sensitive to them are largely grouped into the physical stimuli (e.g., magnetic field, light, temperature, mechanical stress, electrical field) and the chemical (e.g., pH, chemical reactions, ionic strength) stimuli. Thus, the review presents studies on stimuli-responsive hydrogel composite materials with an overview of their functional characteristics, reactions to various environmental stimuli, environmental implications, and potential uses in digital technologies. The scientific breakthrough in the production of stimuli-responsive hydrogel composites is an eye-opener for the development of novel material for improved data security, data authenticity, anti-counterfeiting devices, etc.
KW - Data security
KW - Digital technologies
KW - Information encryption
KW - Smart hydrogels
KW - Stimuli-responsive materials
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U2 - 10.1016/j.apmt.2024.102088
DO - 10.1016/j.apmt.2024.102088
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85184023374
SN - 2352-9407
VL - 37
JO - Applied Materials Today
JF - Applied Materials Today
M1 - 102088
ER -