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  • A versatile PDMS submicrobead/graphene oxide nanocomposite ink for the direct ink writing of wearable micron-scale tactile sensors

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    Author(s)
    Shi, Ge
    Lowe, Sean E
    Teo, Adrian JT
    Dinh, Toan K
    Tan, Say Hwa
    Qin, Jiadong
    Zhang, Yubai
    Zhong, Yu Lin
    Zhao, Huijun
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Zhao, Huijun
    Tan, Say Hwa H.
    Dinh, Toan K.
    Zhong, Yulin
    Teo, Adrian J.
    Qin, Jiadong
    Lowe, Sean
    Shi, Ge
    Zhang, Yubai
    Year published
    2019
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    Abstract
    Although direct ink writing (DIW) is a versatile 3D printing technique, progress in DIW has been constrained by the stringent rheological requirements for printable conductive nanocomposites, particularly at smaller length scales. In this work, we overcome these challenges using an aqueous nanocomposite ink with polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) submicrobeads and an electrochemically derived graphene oxide (EGO) nanofiller. This nanocomposite ink possesses a thixotropic, self-supporting viscoelasticity. It can be easily extruded through very small nozzle openings (as small as 50 μm) allowing for the highest resolution PDMS DIW ...
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    Although direct ink writing (DIW) is a versatile 3D printing technique, progress in DIW has been constrained by the stringent rheological requirements for printable conductive nanocomposites, particularly at smaller length scales. In this work, we overcome these challenges using an aqueous nanocomposite ink with polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) submicrobeads and an electrochemically derived graphene oxide (EGO) nanofiller. This nanocomposite ink possesses a thixotropic, self-supporting viscoelasticity. It can be easily extruded through very small nozzle openings (as small as 50 μm) allowing for the highest resolution PDMS DIW reported to date. With a mild thermal annealing, the DIW-printed device exhibits low resistivity (1660 Ω·cm) at a low percolation threshold of EGO (0.83 vol.%) owing to the unique nanocomposite structure of graphene-wrapped elastomeric beads. The nanocomposite ink was used to print wearable, macro-scale strain sensing patches, as well as remarkably small, micron-scale pressure sensors. The large-scale strain sensors have excellent performance over a large working range (up to 40% strain), with high gauge factor (20.3) and fast responsivity (83 ms), while the micron-scale pressure sensors demonstrated high pressure sensitivity (0.31 kPa−1) and operating range (0.248–500 kPa). Ultrahigh resolution, multi-material layer-by-layer deposition allows the engineering of microscale features into the devices, features which can be used to tune the piezoresistive mechanism and degree of piezoresistivity.
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    Journal Title
    Applied Materials Today
    Volume
    16
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmt.2019.06.016
    Copyright Statement
    © 2019 Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence, which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, providing that the work is properly cited.
    Subject
    Materials Engineering
    Condensed Matter Physics
    Nanotechnology
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/386604
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