Asymmetric Double-Network Hydrogel

Self-powered tactile logic

This hydrogel achieves pronounced ion gating through geometric and impedance asymmetry, mimicking neuronal action potentials to convert tactile signals directly into self-powered logic operations.

Zhang, Yuyang · Li, Xiang · Zhou, Yanguang · Wang, Zhonglin · Wei, Di

Small 2026

Specifications

ionic current density
{'zh': '约2', 'en': '~2'} mA cm⁻²

Advantages

Four fundamental Boolean logic gates (OR, AND, NOR, NAND) via simple series-parallel integration

Ionic current density exceeds state-of-the-art devices, orders of magnitude higher than conventional piezoionic systems