Nature Communications (Sep 2019)

An ultrahigh resolution pressure sensor based on percolative metal nanoparticle arrays

  • Minrui Chen,
  • Weifeng Luo,
  • Zhongqi Xu,
  • Xueping Zhang,
  • Bo Xie,
  • Guanghou Wang,
  • Min Han

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12030-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Designing reliable piezoresistive pressure sensors based on percolative nanoparticle (NP) arrays remains a challenge. Here, the authors propose a percolative NP array sensor deposited on a flexible membrane with ultra-high sensitivity and resolution by modifying the thickness of the membrane.