The advancements in the areas of wearable devices and
flexible
electronic skin have led to the synthesis of scalable, ultrasensitive
sensors to detect and differentiate multimodal stimuli and dynamic
human movements. Herein, we reveal a novel architecture of an epidermal
sensor fabricated by sandwiching the buckypaper between the layers
of poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS). This mechanically robust sensor
can be conformally adhered on skin and has the perception capability
to detect real-time transient human motions and the multimodal mechanical
stimuli of stretching, bending, tapping, and twisting. The sensor
has feasibility for real-time health monitoring as it can distinguish
a wide range of human physiological activities like breathing, gulping,
phonation, pulse monitoring, and finger and wrist bending. This multimodal
wearable epidermal sensor possesses an ultrahigh gauge factor (GF)
of 9178 with a large stretchability of 56%, significant durability
for 5000 stretching–releasing cycles, and a fast response/recovery
time of 59/88 ms. We anticipate that this novel, simple, and scalable
design of a sensor with outstanding features will pave a new way to
consummate the requirements of wearable electronics, flexible touch
sensors, and electronic skin.