Wu Bin Ying

Abstract Sensorineural hearing loss is the most common form of deafness, typically resulting from the loss of sensory cells on the basilar membrane, which cannot regenerate and thus lose sensitivity to sound vibrations. Here, we report a reconfigurable piezo-ionotropic polymer membrane engineered for biomimetic sustainable multi-resonance acoustic sensing, offering exceptional sensitivity (530 kPa-1) and broadband frequency discrimination (20 Hz to 3300 Hz) while remaining resistant to “dying”.

Editorial Special issue: sustainable polymers and polymer composites for future technologies Wu Bin Ying, Corresponding Author Wu Bin Ying School of Electrical Engineering (EE), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Republic of Korea Correspondence to: Wu Bin Ying, School of Electrical Engineering (EE), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea.

Abstract The development of advanced materials capable of autonomous self-healing and mechanical stimulus sensing in aquatic environments holds great promise for applications in underwater soft electronics, underwater robotics, and water-resistant human-machine interfaces. However, achieving superior autonomous self-healing properties and effective sensing simultaneously in an aquatic environment is rarely feasible.