Tactile-direction-sensitive and stretchable electronic skins based on human-skin-inspired interlocked microstructures

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 12020-12029

  Park, Jonghwa ^a   Lee, Youngoh ^a   Hong, Jaehyung ^b   Lee, Youngsu ^a   Ha, Minjeong ^a   Jung, Youngdo ^c   Lim, Hyuneui ^c   Kim, Sung Youb ^b   Ko, Hyunhyub ^a  

^a School of Energy and Chemical Engineering ^*  (South Korea)

^b Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c Korea Institute of Machine and Materials   (South Korea)

Author keywords

directional sensor; human skin inspired device; stretchable electronic skin; tactile sensor

Indexed keywords

MICROSTRUCTURE;

DIRECTION SENSITIVE; DIRECTIONAL SENSOR; HIGHLY SENSITIVE DETECTIONS; HUMAN SKIN; MECHANICAL STIMULUS; REHABILITATION DEVICES; STRETCHABLE ELECTRONICS; TACTILE SENSORS;

VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

BIOMIMETICS; DEVICES; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANICS; SKIN; TOUCH;

BIOMIMETICS; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; SKIN; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TOUCH;

EID: 84919754365     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn505953t     Document Type: Article

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