The present invention provides a mechanoelectrically coupled hydrogel
microsphere with stable mechanical properties and low-loss transduction, as well as a preparation method and application thereof, belonging to the technical field of
tissue engineering biorepair materials. The present invention utilizes supramolecular
engineering and
microfluidics technology to introduce a slip-ring structured
polyrotaxane and a conductive
polypyrrole network to construct stress-electrically coupled
hydrogel microspheres. The molecular slip mechanism of the slip-ring structure stores and releases
mechanical energy, reducing mechanical losses, while the conjugated π-
electron movement in the conductive network improves the efficiency of
electron transfer inside the microspheres, thereby reducing the losses in stress-electric conversion for the first time. Compared with traditional piezoelectric
hydrogel microspheres, the mechanoelectrically coupled
hydrogel microspheres of the present invention have a stress-
electric coupling efficiency of 2.3 times higher than that of traditional piezoelectric hydrogel microspheres, and the energy dissipation rate is reduced to 43%. The mechanoelectrically coupled hydrogel microspheres can alleviate
cartilage damage in rats, improve behavioral outcomes, and promote the treatment of
osteoarthritis by restoring low-loss transduction between tissues.