Silk-molded flexible, ultrasensitive, and highly stable electronic skin for monitoring human physiological signals

Xuewen Wang, Yang Gu, Zuoping Xiong, Zheng Cui, Ting Zhang

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Abstract

Flexible and transparent E-skin devices are achieved by combining silk-molded micro-patterned polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) with single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) ultrathin films. The E-skin sensing device demonstrates superior sensitivity, a very low detectable pressure limit, a fast response time, and a high stability for the detection of superslight pressures, which may broaden their potential use as cost-effective wearable electronics for healthcare applications.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1336-1342
Number of pages7
JournalAdvanced Materials
Volume26
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 5 Mar 2014
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • carbon nanotube
  • electronic skin
  • physiological signal
  • pressure sensor
  • silk

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