期刊
ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
卷 31, 期 29, 页码 -出版社
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202102359
关键词
bioinspired; cracks; electronic skin; gauge factor; laser fabrication; liquid metal; strain sensors
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资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51775299, 52075287]
- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2017YFB1104900]
The development of a liquid metal-based flexible sensor with nacre-inspired architecture has significantly improved sensitivity and widened the working range, breaking through the long-standing bottleneck in liquid metal-based electronic skin. Spatially regulated cracking behaviors effectively prevent crack propagation, showcasing potential for ultrasensitive liquid metal-based electronic skins.
The realization of liquid metal-based wearable systems will be a milestone toward high-performance, integrated electronic skin. However, despite the revolutionary progress achieved in many other components of electronic skin, liquid metal-based flexible sensors still suffer from poor sensitivity due to the insufficient resistance change of liquid metal to deformation. Herein, a nacre-inspired architecture composed of a biphasic pattern (liquid metal with Cr/Cu underlayer) as bricks and strain-sensitive Ag film as mortar is developed, which breaks the long-standing sensitivity bottleneck of liquid metal-based electronic skin. With 2 orders of magnitude of sensitivity amplification while maintaining wide (>85%) working range, for the first time, liquid metal-based strain sensors rival the state-of-art counterparts. This liquid metal composite features spatially regulated cracking behavior. On the one hand, hard Cr cells locally modulate the strain distribution, which avoids premature cut-through cracks and prolongs the defect propagation in the adjacent Ag film. On the other hand, the separated liquid metal cells prevent unfavorable continuous liquid-metal paths and create crack-free regions during strain. Demonstrated in diverse scenarios, the proposed design concept may spark more applications of ultrasensitive liquid metal-based electronic skins, and reveals a pathway for sensor development via crack engineering.
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