Stretchable Array of Highly Sensitive Pressure Sensors Consisting of Polyaniline Nanofibers and Au-Coated Polydimethylsiloxane Micropillars

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 9974-9985

  Park, Heun ^a   Jeong, Yu Ra ^a   Yun, Junyeong ^a   Hong, Soo Yeong ^a   Jin, Sangwoo ^b   Lee, Seung Jung ^d   Zi, Goangseup ^c   Ha, Jeong Sook ^a,b  

^a Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering ^*  (South Korea)

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

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

^d Korea Railroad Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

artificial electronic skin; conductive polymer nanofiber; liquid metal interconnection; PDMS micropillar; pressure sensor; stretchable array

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GOLD; GOLD DEPOSITS; LIQUID METALS; MICROCHANNELS; NANOFIBERS; PLASTIC BOTTLES; POLYANILINE; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE; PRESSURE SENSORS; SILICONES; WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY;

CONDUCTIVE POLYMER; ELECTRONIC SKIN; METAL INTERCONNECTIONS; MICRO PILLARS; STRETCHABLE ARRAY;

WEARABLE SENSORS;

ANILINE DERIVATIVE; BAYSILON; DIMETICONE; GOLD; NANOFIBER; POLYANILINE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; ELASTICITY; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HUMAN; PULSE RATE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANILINE COMPOUNDS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANES; ELASTICITY; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GOLD; HUMANS; NANOFIBERS; PULSE;

EID: 84945906315     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b03510     Document Type: Article

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