An Environmental Stable Ionogel‐Based Smart Glove System for Integrated Underwater Communication and Safety Warning
Flexible sensing technology based on hydrogel-based smart gloves enables accurate gesture recognition in complex environments, but such gloves degrade in dry, high-temperature, and underwater conditions, and their complex assembly limits practical usability. Here, a smart glove monitoring system is developed by integrating a poly(benzyl methacrylate-co-2-hydroxyethyl acrylate)/ionic liquid (P(BZMA-co-HEA)/IL) ionogel sensing layer with a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB). The ionogel is constructed through a network-constrained ionic soft-space regulation strategy, where HEA-rich segments strengthen the network, IL provides deformation-adaptive ionic soft spaces, and BZMA-rich hydrophobic segments suppress water penetration. The optimized ionogel combines stretchability (up to 1100%), weight retention (98.86% at room temperature and 95.25% at 65°C), favorable adhesion, anti-swelling behavior, and stable sensing performance under multiple environmental conditions. The FPCB enables a detachable and reconfigurable sensor array, ensuring stable interfacial contact and wearing flexibility. By further combining multi-channel signal acquisition, fully connected neural network (FCNN)-assisted gesture classification, and real-time alert feedback, the smart glove functions as an integrated sensing-recognition-warning platform, achieving 99.92% gesture recognition accuracy and enabling reliable underwater communication and safety warning. This work establishes an effective material design and integration strategy for environmentally adaptive smart gloves.
Authors
- Young Kee Shin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0896-718X)
- 李晓琴
- Wenjing Yue (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4279-0333)
- Eun‐Seong Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2440-9228)
- Song Gao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9410-3040)
- Nam‐Young Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4264-2928)
- Wenhao Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7523-6281)
- Yang Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9773-1605)
- Jianwen Liu
Institutions
- Seoul National University (KR)
- Shandong University (CN)
- Kwangwoon University (KR)
- University of Jinan (CN)
- Hanyang University (KR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Advanced Science
- Published
- 2026-10-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.78325
- Primary Topic
- Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- National Research Foundation of Korea