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ArticleScience advances2026

Mechanoadaptive nanowire viscoplastic composites with strain-enhanced conductivity for reprocessable bioelectronic interfaces.

Ran Huo, Shengyun Huang, Dixiang Gong, Xin Zhou, Heng Zhu, Pengyun Zhang, Hideaki Okuyama, Guangyu Bao, Xuan Li, Aram Bahmani and 9 more

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Article in Science advances, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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19 authors.

Ran HuoDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, 817 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-5066-986X
Shengyun HuangDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, 817 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC, Canada.ORCID 0009-0009-4949-8106
Dixiang GongDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, 817 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Xin ZhouDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, 817 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC, Canada.ORCID 0009-0000-0971-573X
Heng ZhuDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, 817 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Pengyun ZhangDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, 817 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Hideaki OkuyamaSchool of Communication Sciences and Disorders, McGill University, 2001 McGill College, Montreal, QC, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-3164-0102
Guangyu BaoDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, 817 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-5794-9020
Xuan LiDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, 817 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-6088-6451
Aram BahmaniDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, 817 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-8172-8022
Lisa MartignettiSchool of Communication Sciences and Disorders, McGill University, 2001 McGill College, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Zixin ZhangDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, 817 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-6852-6496
Hongyu HouDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, 817 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-2151-2043
Changhong CaoDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, 817 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-9707-3518
Yixun ChengDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, 817 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC, Canada.ORCID 0009-0007-3322-4229
Wei GaoAndrew and Peggy Cherng Department of Medical Engineering, Division of Engineering and Applied Science, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8503-4562
Dongling MaCenter of Energy, Materials and Telecommunications, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Varennes, QC J3X 1P7, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-8558-3150
Nicole Y K Li-JessenSchool of Communication Sciences and Disorders, McGill University, 2001 McGill College, Montreal, QC, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-2963-4763
Jianyu LiDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, 817 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-1128-6804

Funding

Develop a wireless, skin-conformable and dual-sensing wearable system in support of voice and upper airway telehealth careR01DC021461 · NIDCD · CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI Wei Gao, Jianyu Li · 2024 to 2026
$1.8M
NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC021461
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bioelectronic interfaces must mechanically conform and adapt to biological tissues while maintaining stable electrical performance during motion and deformation. Existing soft conductors, however, often couple mechanical strain to electrical resistance, accumulate interfacial stress, and hinder reprocessing. Here, we report nanowire viscoplastic composites that combine silver nanowires with a dynamically crosslinked, short-chain polyborosiloxane matrix to produce emergent electromechanical behavior. The viscoplastic matrix permits deformation-induced nanowire reorganization, yielding high conductivity enhanced with strains. It also imparts fast stress relaxation, controllable yielding, and plastic conformability, enabling stress-free, mechanoadaptive contact with biological tissues. The material is self-healing, reconfigurable, and solvent-processable for recycling. It forms stable adhesion across porcine, rat, and human skin; accommodates hair regrowth; and exhibits excellent cytocompatibility and antibacterial function. As dry electrodes, these composites exhibit low impedance and resolve perilaryngeal muscle fatigue through high-resolution surface electromyography in humans. This work expands the materials design space for bioelectronic interfaces.

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Electric ConductivityNanowiresAnimalsHumansRatsSilverStress, MechanicalSwineSilver

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PMID42886785
PMCPMC13674511

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