Bioinspired and bristled microparticles for ultrasensitive pressure and strain sensors

Bing Yin; Xiaomeng Liu; Hongyan Gao; Tianda Fu; Jun Yao

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-07672-2

Nature Communications (Dec 2018)

Bioinspired and bristled microparticles for ultrasensitive pressure and strain sensors

Bing Yin,
Xiaomeng Liu,
Hongyan Gao,
Tianda Fu,
Jun Yao

Affiliations

Bing Yin: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Massachusetts
Xiaomeng Liu: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Massachusetts
Hongyan Gao: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Massachusetts
Tianda Fu: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Massachusetts
Jun Yao: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Massachusetts

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07672-2
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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The potential of electromechanical sensors has been limited by low volumetric density in sensing sites. Here, the authors demonstrate ultrasensitive pressure and strain sensors using ZnO microparticles that have high-aspect ratio and high-density nanostructured spines mimicking bristles in insects.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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