Flexible and Stretchable Piezoelectric Sensor with Thickness-Tunable Configuration of Electrospun Nanofiber Mat and Elastomeric Substrates
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Here, we developed highly sensitive piezoelectric sensors in which flexible membrane components were harmoniously integrated. An electrospun nanofiber mat of poly(vinylidenefluoride-co-trifluoroethylene) was sandwiched between two elastomer sheets with sputtered electrodes as an active layer for piezoelectricity. The developed sensory system was ultrasensitive in response to various microscale mechanical stimuli and able to perceive the corresponding deformation at a resolution of 1 μm. Owing to the highly flexible and resilient properties of the components, the durability of the device was sufficiently stable so that the measuring performance could still be effective under harsh conditions of repetitive stretching and folding. When employing spin-coated thin elastomer films, the thickness of the entire sandwich architecture could be less than 100 μm, thereby achieving sufficient compliance of mechanical deformation to accommodate artery-skin motion of the heart pulse. These skin-attachable film- or sheet-type mechanical sensors with high flexibility are expected to enable various applications in the field of wearable devices, medical monitoring systems, and electronic skin.
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Freestanding electrospun PVDF-TrFE nanofiber arrays or electrospun PVDF-TrFE nanofiber mat sandwiched between two electrodes were fabricated for piezoelectric pressure sensing.
“Freestanding electrospun PVDF-TrFE nanofiber arrays [58] or electrospun PVDF-TrFE nanofiber mat sandwiched between two electrodes [59] were fabricated for piezoelectric pressure sensing.”
From Nanomaterial-Enabled Wearable Sensors for Healthcare (2018) · cites this paper as [59]
Besides resistive and capacitive mechanisms, progress has been made to develop wearable piezoelectric and triboelectric pressure sensors.
“Besides the widely used resistive and capacitive mechanisms, progress has been made to develop wearable piezoelectric [22,58,59,159] and triboelectric [160][161][162] pressure sensors.”
From Nanomaterial-Enabled Wearable Sensors for Healthcare (2018) · cites this paper as [59]
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- Authors
- Park, S.-H., Lee, H. B., Yeon, S. M., Park, J., & Lee, N. K.
- Affiliations
- Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KR)
- Hanyang University (KR)
- Corresponding author
- Park, Suk-Hee
- Lee, Nak Kyu
- Venue
- ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Published
- 2016-09-12
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 37
- Pages
- 24773-24781
- ISSN
- 1944-8244 (ISSN-L)
- 1944-8252
- OpenAlex
- W2517353597
- Cited by
- 215
- References
- 56
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 8.20
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Korea Institute of Industrial Technology
- Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning
- National Research Council of Science and Technology (CAP-13-1-KITECH)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Dielectric materials and actuators
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials
- Keywords
- piezoelectric sensors, stretchable sensors, electrospun nanofiber mats, P(VDF-TrFE), elastomeric substrates, sputtered electrodes, wearable devices, electronic skin, medical monitoring
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