Stretchable electronic skin based on silver nanowire composite fiber electrodes for sensing pressure, proximity, and multidirectional strain

• Published in: Nanoscale Vol. 9; no. 11; pp. 3834 - 3842
• Main Authors: Cheng, Yin, Wang, Ranran, Zhai, Haitao, Sun, Jing
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 21.03.2017
• Subjects: Detection; Devices; Electrodes; Electronics; Fibers; Nanowires; Robots; Stretchability

Electronic skin (E-skin) has been attracting great research interest and effort due to its potential applications in wearable health monitoring, smart prosthetics, robot skins and so on. To expand its applications, two key challenges lie in the realization of device stretchability, and independent s...