Journal
ADVANCED MATERIALS TECHNOLOGIES
Volume 2, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/admt.201700016
Keywords
epidermal electronics; flexible microtubes; liquid metal; pulse monitoring; tactile sensors
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- Academic Research Fund (AcRF) Tier 1 Faculty Research Committee (FRC) Grant
- Centre for Advanced 2D Materials and its Research Centre of Excellence
- MechanoBioEngineering Laboratory at the Department of Biomedical Engineering of the National University of Singapore
- Agency of Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) Singapore
- National Research Foundation, Prime Minister's Office, Singapore
- Mechanobiology Institute
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A flexible, stretchable, soft, and ultrathin wearable microtubular sensor that is highly sensitive to mechanical perturbations is developed. The sensor comprises a unique architecture consisting of a liquid-state conductive element core within a soft silicone elastomer microtube. The microtubular sensor can distinguish forces as small as 5 mN and possesses a high force sensitivity of 68 N-1. The microtubular sensor occupies a tiny footprint of 120 mu m in diameter, approximately the cross-section of a strand of hair. Superior sensing capabilities of the sensor are reported to detect perturbations from pulsatile air flows and demonstrate its applicability in continuous and imperceptible real-time monitoring of arterial pulse waves.
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