Nature Communications (Sep 2019)

A bioinspired hydrogen bond-triggered ultrasensitive ionic mechanoreceptor skin

  • Vipin Amoli,
  • Joo Sung Kim,
  • Eunsong Jee,
  • Yoon Sun Chung,
  • So Young Kim,
  • Jehyoung Koo,
  • Hanbin Choi,
  • Yunah Kim,
  • Do Hwan Kim

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11973-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Wearable pressure sensors have a range of potential applications. Here, the authors develop ion pairs decorated silica microstructures embedded in an elastomeric matrix to mimic natural skin mechanoreceptors’ functions for applications in pressure-sensitive artificial skin.