Nature Communications (Dec 2018)

Bioinspired and bristled microparticles for ultrasensitive pressure and strain sensors

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

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.