Recently, Associate Professor Song Shiqiang’s research team from SUES School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering published their latest research findings in the internationally top-tier journal Advanced Materials, a leading publication in the field of materials science with a latest impact factor of 26.8. The paper is titled Ultra‑High Conductivity Enhancement of Robust All‑Solid‑State Ion Elastomers via Strain‑Induced Ion Channel Alignment and Temperature‑Activated Ion‑Gated Release. SUES is listed as the first affiliation, marking a major breakthrough in frontier fundamental research on advanced functional materials.
Flexible electronics technology serves as a core enabler for future smart wearables, healthcare, and human–machine interaction, and also acts as a critical bridge connecting artificial intelligence with the physical world. However, a global technical bottleneck hindering the development of this field is how to maintain stable and highly efficient electrical conductivity in electronic materials when they undergo complex mechanical deformations such as repeated stretching and bending.
The study by Associate Professor Song Shiqiang’s team provides a novel material design and fabrication strategy to address this key challenge. The research findings are expected to drive flexible sensing technology toward higher reliability, precision, and comfort, offering significant scientific value and broad application prospects for advancing personalized health monitoring, smart medical devices, and the performance of next-generation flexible displays.
