Repurposed Leather with Sensing Capabilities for Multifunctional Electronic Skin

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Zou, Binghua
Chen, Yuanyuan
Liu, Yihan
Xie, Ruijie
Du, Qinjie
Zhang, Tao
Shen, Yu
Zheng, Bing
Li, Sheng
Wu, Jiansheng
Zhang, Weina
Huang, Wei
Huang, Xin
Huo, Fengwei
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2019
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Electronic skin (e-skin), an important part toward the realization of artificial intelligence, has been developing through comprehending, mimicking, and eventually outperforming skin in some aspects. Most of the e-skin substrates are flexible polymers, such as polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). Although PDMS was found to be biocompatible, it is not suitable for long-time wearing due to its air impermeability. This study reports a simple and designable leather based e-skin by merging the natural sophisticated structure and wearing comfort of leather with the multifunctional properties of nanomaterials. The leather based e-skin could make leather, "the dead skin," repurposed for its sensing capabilities. This e-skin can be applied in flexible pressure sensors, displays, user-interactive devices, etc. It provides a new class of materials for the development of multifunctional e-skin to mimic or even outshine the functions of real skin.

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Advanced Science

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6

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3

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© 2018 The Authors. Published by WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and re-production in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.Adv.Sci.2019, 6, 1801283

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Nanotechnology

Nanobiotechnology

Nanomaterials

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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

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Zou, B; Chen, Y; Liu, Y; Xie, R; Du, Q; Zhang, T; Shen, Y; Zheng, B; Li, S; Wu, J; Zhang, W; Huang, W; Huang, X; Huo, F, Repurposed Leather with Sensing Capabilities for Multifunctional Electronic Skin, Advanced Science, 2019, 6 (3), pp. 1801283

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