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Ionic skin
Author(s) -
Sun JeongYun,
Keplinger Christoph,
Whitesides George M.,
Suo Zhigang
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201403441
Subject(s) - ionic bonding , materials science , biocompatible material , ion , electrical conductor , nanotechnology , ionic conductivity , ionic liquid , composite material , biomedical engineering , electrode , organic chemistry , chemistry , electrolyte , medicine , catalysis
Electronic skins (i.e., stretchable sheets of distributed sensors) report signals using electrons, whereas natural skins report signals using ions. Here, ionic conductors are used to create a new type of sensory sheet, called “ionic skin”. Ionic skins are highly stretchable, transparent, and biocompatible. They readily measure strains from 1% to 500%, and pressures as low as 1 kPa.