An ultra-sensitive resistive pressure sensor based on hollow-sphere microstructure induced elasticity in conducting polymer film

Pan, Lijia; Chortos, Alex; Yu, Guihua; Wang, Yaqun; Isaacson, Scott G.; Allen, Ranulfo; Shi, Yi; Dauskardt, Reinhold H.; Bao, Zhenan

doi:10.1038/ncomms4002

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“…Effective signal transduction that converts external stimuli into an analog electronic signal is an important component of accurate quantitative monitoring. Traditional transduction methods (e.g., piezoresistivity,13 capacitance,14 and piezoelectricity15 are widely used in different types of sensors, and other transduction methods (e.g., optics, wireless antennas, and triboelectricity) are undergoing rapid development to meet new challenges and opportunities that will broaden the applications of e‐skin to robotics, prosthesis, and human–machine interaction 16. The details of selected methods are presented in this section.…”

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Recent Progress in Electronic Skin

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The skin is the largest organ of the human body and can sense pressure, temperature, and other complex environmental stimuli or conditions. The mimicry of human skin's sensory ability via electronics is a topic of innovative research that could find broad applications in robotics, artificial intelligence, and human–machine interfaces, all of which promote the development of electronic skin (e‐skin). To imitate tactile sensing via e‐skins, flexible and stretchable pressure sensor arrays are constructed based on different transduction mechanisms and structural designs. These arrays can map pressure with high resolution and rapid response beyond that of human perception. Multi‐modal force sensing, temperature, and humidity detection, as well as self‐healing abilities are also exploited for multi‐functional e‐skins. Other recent progress in this field includes the integration with high‐density flexible circuits for signal processing, the combination with wireless technology for convenient sensing and energy/data transfer, and the development of self‐powered e‐skins. Future opportunities lie in the fabrication of highly intelligent e‐skins that can sense and respond to variations in the external environment. The rapidly increasing innovations in this area will be important to the scientific community and to the future of human life.

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“…By means of the elasticity, the hollow sphere can serve as a novel vehicle useful in, for example, ultra-sensitive resistive pressure sensor. 38 Without any chemical pre-treatment, 35 all the assemblies proceeded over a period of o1 min, which was significantly shorter than that of analogous technologies. 36 It is expected to obtain more stable assembly coming from chemical reaction of the components in the vortices for a short time.…”

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Optofluidic vortex arrays generated by graphene oxide for tweezers, motors and self-assembly

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Manipulating large numbers of a variety of particles/wires is essential for many lab-on-a-chip technologies. Here we generate a planar array of optofluidic vortices with photothermal gradients from an easy-fabricated graphene oxide (GO) heater to achieve high-throughput and multiform manipulation at low excitation power and low loss. As a tweezer, each vortex can rapidly capture and confine particles without restrictions on shapes and materials. The stiffness of the confinement is easily tuned by adjusting the vortex dimension. As a motor, it can actuate any traps to persistently rotate/spin in clockwise or anti-clockwise mode. As a high-performance 'workshop', this work lays the groundwork for various self-assembly ranging from colloid-based clusters, chains, capsules, shells and ultra-thin films, through particles' surface modification and fusion, to nanowire-based architectures. Furthermore, we can create multiple vortex arrays through fabricating an array of heaters, which enables massively parallel manipulation and distributed operations all on a chip.

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“…[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] High sensitivity, chemical and thermal stability, non-toxicity, mechanical compliance and bio-compatibility have led to the way for energy-efficient implantable electronic devices. 9,10 Advances in electronics have paved the way for the adoption of many different types of photodetectors, sensors by using different materials in individual or with their combination.…”

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Graphene oxide/carbon nanoparticle thin film based IR detector: Surface properties and device characterization

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This work deals with the synthesis, characterization, and application of carbon nanoparticles (CNP) adorned graphene oxide (GO) nanocomposite materials. Here we mainly focus on an emerging topic in modern research field presenting GO-CNP nanocomposite as a infrared (IR) radiation detector device. GO-CNP thin film devices were fabricated from liquid phase at ambient condition where no modifying treatments were necessary. It works with no cooling treatment and also for stationary objects. A sharp response of human body IR radiation was detected with time constants of 3 and 36 sec and radiation responsivity was 3 mAW−1. The current also rises for quite a long time before saturation. This work discusses state-of-the-art material developing technique based on near-infrared photon absorption and their use in field deployable instrument for real-world applications. GO-CNP-based thin solid composite films also offer its potentiality to be utilized as p-type absorber material in thin film solar cell, as well.

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An ultra-sensitive resistive pressure sensor based on hollow-sphere microstructure induced elasticity in conducting polymer film

Cited by 1,306 publications

References 60 publications

Recent Progress in Electronic Skin

Recent Progress in Electronic Skin

Optofluidic vortex arrays generated by graphene oxide for tweezers, motors and self-assembly

Graphene oxide/carbon nanoparticle thin film based IR detector: Surface properties and device characterization

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