Reversible conductivity recovery of highly sensitive flexible devices by water vapor

Wearable electronics: electrodes healable by water Wearable electronic devices are susceptible to degradation or fatigue fracture, but now the aged electrodes of the devices can be healed by simple water vapor treatment. A group of international researchers led by Prof Lifeng Cui from Dongguan Unive...

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Autores principales: Yuting Wang, Yingchun Su, Zegao Wang, Zhongyang Zhang, Xiaojun Han, Mingdong Dong, Lifeng Cui, Menglin Chen
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:9c1a813a36854dc2be2a5a746417865f2021-12-02T14:39:39ZReversible conductivity recovery of highly sensitive flexible devices by water vapor10.1038/s41528-018-0043-z2397-4621https://doaj.org/article/9c1a813a36854dc2be2a5a746417865f2018-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41528-018-0043-zhttps://doaj.org/toc/2397-4621Wearable electronics: electrodes healable by water Wearable electronic devices are susceptible to degradation or fatigue fracture, but now the aged electrodes of the devices can be healed by simple water vapor treatment. A group of international researchers led by Prof Lifeng Cui from Dongguan University of Technology, China designs repairable microfiber-based network electrodes with high conductivity, high transparency and ultra-flexibility. The electrodes consist of polycaprolactone microfibers as healing agents and a thin conducting layer coating such as gold. The electrodes can recover the conductivity and mechanical strength after tensile failure or even cutting, which can be attributed to the adhesion and capillary force at the interface of gold and polymer. Upon embedding in PDMS elastomer, the electrodes show excellent durability of up to 1000 cycles and can be used in wearable pressure and strain sensing devices.Yuting WangYingchun SuZegao WangZhongyang ZhangXiaojun HanMingdong DongLifeng CuiMenglin ChenNature PortfolioarticleElectronicsTK7800-8360Materials of engineering and construction. Mechanics of materialsTA401-492ENnpj Flexible Electronics, Vol 2, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2018)
institution DOAJ
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topic Electronics
TK7800-8360
Materials of engineering and construction. Mechanics of materials
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spellingShingle Electronics
TK7800-8360
Materials of engineering and construction. Mechanics of materials
TA401-492
Yuting Wang
Yingchun Su
Zegao Wang
Zhongyang Zhang
Xiaojun Han
Mingdong Dong
Lifeng Cui
Menglin Chen
Reversible conductivity recovery of highly sensitive flexible devices by water vapor
description Wearable electronics: electrodes healable by water Wearable electronic devices are susceptible to degradation or fatigue fracture, but now the aged electrodes of the devices can be healed by simple water vapor treatment. A group of international researchers led by Prof Lifeng Cui from Dongguan University of Technology, China designs repairable microfiber-based network electrodes with high conductivity, high transparency and ultra-flexibility. The electrodes consist of polycaprolactone microfibers as healing agents and a thin conducting layer coating such as gold. The electrodes can recover the conductivity and mechanical strength after tensile failure or even cutting, which can be attributed to the adhesion and capillary force at the interface of gold and polymer. Upon embedding in PDMS elastomer, the electrodes show excellent durability of up to 1000 cycles and can be used in wearable pressure and strain sensing devices.
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Yingchun Su
Zegao Wang
Zhongyang Zhang
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title Reversible conductivity recovery of highly sensitive flexible devices by water vapor
title_short Reversible conductivity recovery of highly sensitive flexible devices by water vapor
title_full Reversible conductivity recovery of highly sensitive flexible devices by water vapor
title_fullStr Reversible conductivity recovery of highly sensitive flexible devices by water vapor
title_full_unstemmed Reversible conductivity recovery of highly sensitive flexible devices by water vapor
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