Journal
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
Volume 1, Issue 11, Pages 3580-3586Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c3ta00079f
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- Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51171202, 21125316, 21173243]
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
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This paper describes a standard replication approach for preparing transparent elastomeric conductors with single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) inlaid just below the surface. The elastic conductors were fabricated by spray coating a SWCNT suspension in chloroform on a fluorinated substrate, followed by the standard replication, casting liquid elastomers like polydimethylsiloxane on the SWCNT film, curing and peeling off the substrate. The replication strategy can produce elastic conductors with a flat or a desirable patterned surface. The resultant elastic conductors had excellent stability under repeated mechanical loading and stretchability up to 300%. It retained conductance even after 10 tape tests. Using the SWCNT-inlaid stretchable conductors as electrodes, elastic capacitors were fabricated using a mask-assisted method. The results showed that these capacitors are good candidates for multifunctional capacitive pressure, strain, and touch sensors.
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