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Tunable and Nacre‐Mimetic Multifunctional Electronic Skins for Highly Stretchable Contact‐Noncontact Sensing
Author(s) -
Zhou Kangkang,
Xu Wangjiehao,
Yu Yunfei,
Zhai Wei,
Yuan Zuqing,
Dai Kun,
Zheng Guoqiang,
Mi Liwei,
Pan Caofeng,
Liu Chuntai,
Shen Changyu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.202100542
Subject(s) - materials science , graphene , nanotechnology , gauge factor , response time , optoelectronics , detection limit , thermoplastic polyurethane , composite material , fabrication , computer science , medicine , statistics , alternative medicine , computer graphics (images) , mathematics , pathology , elastomer
Electronic skins (e‐skins) have attracted great attention for their applications in disease diagnostics, soft robots, and human–machine interaction. The integration of high sensitivity, low detection limit, large stretchability, and multiple stimulus response capacity into a single e‐skin remains an enormous challenge. Herein, inspired by the structure of nacre, an ultra‐stretchable and multifunctional e‐skin with tunable strain detection range based on nacre‐mimetic multi‐layered silver nanowires /reduced graphene oxide /thermoplastic polyurethane mats is fabricated. The e‐skin possesses extraordinary strain response performance with a tunable detection range (50 to 200% strain), an ultralow response limit (0.1% strain), a high sensitivity (gauge factor up to 1902.5), a fast response time (20 ms), and an excellent stability (stretching/releasing test of 11 000 cycles). These excellent response behaviors enable the e‐skin to accurately monitor full‐range human body motions. Additionally, the e‐skin can detect relative humidity quickly and sensitively through a reversible physical adsorption/desorption of water vapor, and the assembled e‐skin array exhibits excellent performance in noncontact sensing. The tunable and multifunctional e‐skins show promising applications in motion monitoring and contact‐noncontact human machine interaction.

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