Research Progresses in Microstructure Designs of Flexible Pressure Sensors

Hao Huang; Jinyao Zhong; Yongliang Ye; Renxu Wu; Bin Luo; Honglong Ning; Tian Qiu; Dongxiang Luo; Rihui Yao; Junbiao Peng

doi:10.3390/polym14173670

Polymers (Sep 2022)

Research Progresses in Microstructure Designs of Flexible Pressure Sensors

Hao Huang,
Jinyao Zhong,
Yongliang Ye,
Renxu Wu,
Bin Luo,
Honglong Ning,
Tian Qiu,
Dongxiang Luo,
Rihui Yao,
Junbiao Peng

Affiliations

Hao Huang: State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
Jinyao Zhong: State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
Yongliang Ye: State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
Renxu Wu: State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
Bin Luo: State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
Honglong Ning: State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
Tian Qiu: Department of Intelligent Manufacturing, Wuyi University, Jiangmen 529020, China
Dongxiang Luo: Guangzhou Key Laboratory for Clean Energy and Materials, Huangpu Hydrogen Innovation Center, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute of Clean Energy and Materials, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
Rihui Yao: State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
Junbiao Peng: State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14173670
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 17
p. 3670

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Flexible electronic technology is one of the research hotspots, and numerous wearable devices have been widely used in our daily life. As an important part of wearable devices, flexible sensors can effectively detect various stimuli related to specific environments or biological species, having a very bright development prospect. Therefore, there has been lots of studies devoted to developing high-performance flexible pressure sensors. In addition to developing a variety of materials with excellent performances, the microstructure designs of materials can also effectively improve the performances of sensors, which has brought new ideas to scientists and attracted their attention increasingly. This paper will summarize the flexible pressure sensors based on material microstructure designs in recent years. The paper will mainly discuss the processing methods and characteristics of various sensors with different microstructures, and compare the advantages, disadvantages, and application scenarios of them. At the same time, the main application fields of flexible pressure sensors based on microstructure designs will be listed, and their future development and challenges will be discussed.

Published in Polymers

ISSN: 2073-4360 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Science: Chemistry: Organic chemistry
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/polymers/

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