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ArticleNature communications2026

Abrasion-resistant wearable skins based on bilayered solid/liquid stretchable conductors.

Zejun Wang, Puyuan Shi, Yixuan Li, Ting Liu, Boxiang Zhu, Jiayi Liu, Zejun Deng, Yan Wang, Yunmeng Zhao, Zhu Xiao and 2 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Zejun WangDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Puyuan ShiKey Laboratory of Smart Manufacturing in Energy Chemical Process, Ministry of Education, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China.
Yixuan LiDepartment of Chemistry, Institute for Materials Discovery, University College London, London, UK. yixuan-li.20@ucl.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0003-0589-2124
Ting LiuDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Boxiang ZhuDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Jiayi LiuThe Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China.
Zejun DengDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Yan WangDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Guangdong technion-israel institute of technology, Guangdong, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5224-0941
Yunmeng ZhaoKey Laboratory of Smart Manufacturing in Energy Chemical Process, Ministry of Education, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China.
Zhu XiaoDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China. xiaozhumse@163.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7042-8860
Shu GongDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China. shu.gong@csu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6904-1706
Wenlong ChengSchool of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Sydney, Darlington, NSW, Australia. wenlong.cheng@sydney.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2346-4970

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Soft bioelectronic skins represent next-generation wearable technologies for continuous and unobtrusive biomonitoring, enabled by diverse active materials and topological designs. Despite encouraging progress, most wearable skins reported to date remain unable to match the abrasion-resistant sensing functions of human skin. Here, we present abrasion-resistant wearable skins based on a bilayer stretchable conductor architecture. The top layer, composed of silver particle (AgPs)-impregnated styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene (SEBS), provides superior abrasion resistance, while the underlying layer of liquid metal particle (LMPs)-impregnated SEBS ensures high conductivity under large strains (ε > 900%). While being ultrathin (13.3 µm), the bilayer wearable skins could deliver exceptional durability under extreme mechanical and chemical demands, maintaining electromechanical stability during repeated abrasion, large deformations, and exposure to strong acidic/alkaline environments. They reliably capture high-fidelity mechanical and electrophysiological signals in abrasion-intensive scenarios, such as skin-cloth friction and facial rubbing. Finally, we demonstrate a soft, multimodal system for pressure and biopotential monitoring, enabling applications in braille recognition and facial expression detection with 98.75% prediction accuracy.

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SkinWearable Electronic DevicesAlkenesElectric ConductivityHumansMonitoring, PhysiologicSilverStyreneAlkenesSilverStyrene

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PMCPMC13106628

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