• 文献标题:   Graphene Electronic Tattoo Sensors
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   AMERI SK, HO R, JANG HW, TAO L, WANG YH, WANG L, SCHNYER DM, AKINWANDE D, LU NS
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, electronic tattoo, epidermal electronic, wearable electronic, biosensor
  • 出版物名称:   ACS NANO
  • ISSN:   1936-0851 EI 1936-086X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Texas Austin
  • 被引频次:   84
  • DOI:   10.1021/acsnano.7b02182
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

Tattoo-like epidermal sensors are an emerging class of truly wearable electronics, owing to their thinness and softness. While most of them are based on thin metal films, a silicon membrane, or nanoparticle-based printable inks, we report sub micrometer thick, multimodal electronic tattoo sensors that are made of graphene. The graphene electronic tattoo (GET) is designed as filamentary serpentines and fabricated by a cost- and time-effective "wet transfer, dry patterning" method. It has a total thickness of 463 +/- 30 nm, an optical transparency of similar to 85%, and a stretchability of more than 40%. The GET can be directly laminated on human skin just like a temporary tattoo and can fully conform to the microscopic morphology of the surface of skin via just van der Waals forces. The open-mesh structure the GET makes it breathable and its stiffness negligible. A bare GET is able to stay attached to skin for several hours without fracture or delamination. With liquid bandage coverage, a GET may stay functional on the skin for up to several days. As a dry electrode, GET skin interface impedance is on par with medically used silver/silver-chloride (Ag/AgCl) gel electrodes, while offering superior comfort, mobility, and reliability. GET has been successfully applied to measure electrocardiogram (ECG), electromyogram (EMG), electroencephalogram (EEG), skin temperature, and skin hydration.