Time-space-resolved origami hierarchical electronics for ultrasensitive detection of physical and chemical stimuli.
basic_science · Level V
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 30850600.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1038/s41467-019-09070-8 and PMC identifier 6408588.
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Abstract
Recent years have witnessed thriving progress of flexible and portable electronics, with very high demand for cost-effective and tailor-made multifunctional devices. Here, we report on an ingenious origami hierarchical sensor array (OHSA) written with a conductive ink. Thanks to origami as a controllable hierarchical framework for loading ink material, we have demonstrated that OHSA possesses unique time-space-resolved, high-discriminative pattern recognition (TSR-HDPR) features, qualifying it as a smart sensing device for simultaneous sensing and distinguishing of complex physical and chemical stimuli, including temperature, relative humidity, light and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Of special importance, OSHA has shown very high sensitivity in differentiating between structural isomers and chiral enantiomers of VOCs - opening a door for wide variety of unique opportunities in several length scales.