• 文献标题:   CVD growth of fingerprint-like patterned 3D graphene film for an ultrasensitive pressure sensor
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   XIA KL, WANG CY, JIAN MQ, WANG Q, ZHANG YY
  • 作者关键词:   electronic skin, flexible pressure sensor, threedimensional 3d graphene film, fingertip skin, hierarchical structure
  • 出版物名称:   NANO RESEARCH
  • ISSN:   1998-0124 EI 1998-0000
  • 通讯作者地址:   Tsinghua Univ
  • 被引频次:   34
  • DOI:   10.1007/s12274-017-1731-z
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

With the rapid development of wearable devices, flexible pressure sensors with high sensitivity and wide workable range are highly desired. In nature, there are many well-adapted structures developed through natural selection, which inspired us for the design of biomimetic materials or devices. Particularly, human fingertip skin, where many epidermal ridges amplify external stimulations, might be a good example to imitate for highly sensitive sensors. In this work, based on unique chemical vapor depositions (CVD)-grown 3D graphene films that mimic the morphology of fingertip skin, we fabricated flexible pressure sensing membranes, which simultaneously showed a high sensitivity of 110 (kPa)(-1) for 0-0.2 kPa and wide workable pressure range (up to 75 kPa). Hierarchical structured PDMS films molded from natural leaves were used as the supporting elastic films for the graphene films, which also contribute to the superior performance of the pressure sensors. The pressure sensor showed a low detection limit (0.2 Pa), fast response (< 30 ms), and excellent stability for more than 10,000 loading/unloading cycles. Based on these features, we demonstrated its applications in detecting tiny objects, sound, and human physiological signals, showing its potential in wearable electronics for health monitoring and human/machine interfaces.