Research progress of leather collagen in flexible intelligent wearable field
Leather collagen is a kind of natural biomass material derived from animal skin.The advantages of good biocompatibility,degradability,low antigenicity and easy functionalization make the leather collagen showing great application potential in flexible intelligent wearable fields such as flexible sensing,electromagnetic shielding,human thermal management and energy storage.However,some inherent shortcomings,such as poor thermal stability,low mechanical strength and easy to mildew and insufficient functionality,limite the application of leather collagen in the field of flexible intelligent wearable.In this review,the multilevel structure and performance advantages of leather collagen were briefly introduced.Different modification methods of collagen were discussed,including physical crosslinking,chemical crosslinking and blending modification.In addition,this review paid more attention to the research progress of leather collagen as flexible wearable materials in flexible sensing,electromagnetic shielding,human thermal management and supercapacitors.Finally,the development trend of leather collagen in the field of flexible wearable electronics was forecasted,and it was pointed out that the development of multi-functional integrated leather collagen flexible wearable electronic materials with extreme environmental stability and the realization of on-demand customization of flexible intelligent wearable materials based on leather collagen would be the focus of further research.