Experimental study demonstrates a temperature-triggered reversible conductive adhesive for soft-rigid electronics, enabling modular component recycling and reconfigurable wearable devices.
Flexible and stretchable electronics enable emerging applications in wearable systems, soft devices, and human–machine interfaces. As these systems often rely on hybrid architectures that integrate soft, deformable substrates with rigid electronic components, their practical implementation is often limited by irreversible or mechanically incompatible interconnects at soft–rigid interfaces, which hinder component replacement, system maintenance, and recycling. Here, we introduce a temperature‐triggered reversible conductive adhesive (TRCA) that simultaneously provides stable electrical interconnection and controllable interfacial debonding. At room temperature, TRCA provides reliable conductive adhesion for integrating rigid components onto stretchable circuits, while cooling to a predefined triggering temperature (∼−20°C) significantly reduces the adhesive strength, enabling detachment with minimal visible residue. With thermally switchable adhesion and tunable rheology, TRCA supports the direct construction of stretchable electronic platforms that host various sensors, including pressure, temperature, and strain modules, thereby enabling modular assembly, replacement, and reuse of functional components. Furthermore, TRCA facilitates reversible functional expansion of flexible gold‐film electrodes from electrophysiological recording to integrated sensing and subsequent recovery without noticeable signal degradation. TRCA establishes a materials‐driven interconnection strategy that integrates reversible adhesion, electrical reliability, and recyclability, offering a practical route for reconfigurable and sustainable soft–rigid hybrid electronics.
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