• 文献标题:   Molecule-Graphene Hybrid Materials with Tunable Mechanoresponse: Highly Sensitive Pressure Sensors for Health Monitoring
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   HUANG CB, WITOMSKA S, ALIPRANDI A, STOECKEL MA, BONINI M, CIESIELSKI A, SAMORI P
  • 作者关键词:   functionalized graphene, health monitoring, molecular selfassembly, pressure sensor, tunable mechanoresponse
  • 出版物名称:   ADVANCED MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   0935-9648 EI 1521-4095
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Strasbourg
  • 被引频次:   46
  • DOI:   10.1002/adma.201804600
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

The development of pressure sensors is crucial for the implementation of electronic skins and for health monitoring integrated into novel wearable devices. Tremendous effort is devoted toward improving their sensitivity, e.g., by employing microstructured electrodes or active materials through cumbersome processes. Here, a radically new type of piezoresistive pressure sensor based on a millefeuille-like architecture of reduced graphene oxide (rGO) intercalated by covalently tethered molecular pillars holding on-demand mechanical properties are fabricated. By applying a tiny pressure to the multilayer structure, the electron tunnelling ruling the charge transport between successive rGO sheets yields a colossal decrease in the material's electrical resistance. Significantly, the intrinsic rigidity of the molecular pillars employed enables the fine-tuning of the sensor's sensitivity, reaching sensitivities as high as 0.82 kPa(-1) in the low pressure region (0-0.6 kPa), with short response times (approximate to 24 ms) and detection limit (7 Pa). The pressure sensors enable efficient heartbeat monitoring and can be easily transformed into a matrix capable of providing a 3D map of the pressure exerted by different objects.