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

Adv Mater. 2014 Mar 5;26(9):1336-42. doi: 10.1002/adma.201304248. Epub 2013 Dec 17.

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.

Keywords: carbon nanotube; electronic skin; physiological signal; pressure sensor; silk.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Ants
  • Bees
  • Dimethylpolysiloxanes
  • Electronics, Medical*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Materials Testing
  • Microtechnology
  • Monitoring, Ambulatory / instrumentation*
  • Muscle, Skeletal / physiology
  • Nanotubes, Carbon
  • Neck / physiology
  • Pliability*
  • Pregnancy
  • Pressure
  • Pulse
  • Silk*
  • Skin*
  • Speech / physiology
  • Wrist / physiology

Substances

  • Dimethylpolysiloxanes
  • Nanotubes, Carbon
  • Silk
  • baysilon