Ionic skin.

Sun, Jeong-Yun; Keplinger, Christoph; Whitesides, George M; Suo, Zhigang · Adv Mater · 2014

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Electronic skins (i.e., stretchable sheets of distributed sensors) report signals using electrons, whereas natural skins report signals using ions. Here, ionic conductors are used to create a new type of sensory sheet, called "ionic skin". Ionic skins are highly stretchable, transparent, and biocompatible. They readily measure strains from 1% to 500%, and pressures as low as 1 kPa.

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