Biomucilage‐Mediated Self‐Sintering Liquid Metal Ink for Robust Electronic Textiles With Soft‐Rigid Interfaces
The advancement of electronic textiles (e-textiles) depends on seamless integration of conductive materials that match the soft, breathable, and deformable nature of fabrics. However, achieving durable circuits on textiles remains challenging due to poor interfacial stability, limited stretchability, and inadequate wettability of conventional conductive materials. Liquid metal, while conductive and deformable, is difficult to adhere to textiles because of high surface tension and poor wettability. Here, we report a biomucilage-mediated liquid metal (bio-LM) ink that can be directly printed onto various textiles and, upon drying, autonomously self-sinters into highly conductive and robust circuits. The bio-LM ink forms strong bonds with textile, resulting in deformable interconnects that exhibit stable electrical performance, with resistance variations below 4% under repeated 15% stretching and across 20°C-50°C. Furthermore, we developed hole-like electrical interconnect (e-hole) structures that combine physical anchoring with chemical alloying between bio-LM and copper, creating solder-like, robust electrical junctions between soft textiles and rigid components. To verify its applicability, we demonstrate an integrated, closed-loop e-textile system capable of real-time muscle fatigue monitoring and on-demand heat therapy. This bio-LM ink establishes a new material foundation for robust, scalable, and skin-comfortable e-textiles, moving beyond conventional circuit integration toward breathable, elastic, and durable health-monitoring platforms.
Authors
- Yida Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8343-5082)
- Huarun Liang
- Renchuan You (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5984-0093)
- Xiangyu Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1506-7761)
- Yingying Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8448-3059)
- Le Qi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5260-4426)
- Jian Zhuang
- Xi Yang
- Bin Chen
- Donghang Li
- Yujia Ding
- Xun‐En Wu
- Lin Zhu
- Mengjia Zhu
- Mei Zou
Institutions
- Peking University (CN)
- Wuhan Textile University (CN)
- Institute of Software (CN)
- Institute of High Energy Physics (CN)
- Tsinghua University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Advanced Materials
- Published
- 2026-07-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.74370
- Primary Topic
- Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00