An All-Elastomeric Transparent and Stretchable Temperature Sensor for Body-Attachable Wearable Electronics

Tran Quang Trung; Subramaniyan Ramasundaram; Byeong-Ung Hwang; Nae-Eung Lee

doi:10.1002/adma.201504441

An All-Elastomeric Transparent and Stretchable Temperature Sensor for Body-Attachable Wearable Electronics

Adv Mater. 2016 Jan 20;28(3):502-9. doi: 10.1002/adma.201504441. Epub 2015 Nov 26.

Authors

Tran Quang Trung¹, Subramaniyan Ramasundaram², Byeong-Ung Hwang¹, Nae-Eung Lee³

Affiliations

¹ School of Advanced Materials Science & Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon, Kyunggi, 440-746, South Korea.
² Center for Water Resource Cycle Research Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Hwarangno 14 gil, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 136-791, South Korea.
³ School of Advanced Materials Science & Engineering, SKKU Advanced Institute of Nanotechnology (SAINT) and, Samsung Advanced Institute for Health Sciences & Technology (SAIHST), Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon, Kyunggi, 440-746, South Korea.

PMID: 26607674
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201504441

Abstract

A transparent stretchable (TS) gated sensor array with high optical transparency, conformality, and high stretchability of up to 70% is demonstrated. The TS-gated sensor array has high responsivity to temperature changes in objects and human skin. This unprecedented TS-gated sensor array, as well as the integrated platform of the TS-gated sensor with a transparent and stretchable strain sensor, show great potential for application to wearable skin electronics for recognition of human activity.

Keywords: all-elastomeric; reduced graphene oxide; temperature sensors; transparent stretchable sensors; wearable electronics.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Elasticity*
Elastomers*
Electrical Equipment and Supplies*
Equipment Design
Humans
Stress, Mechanical
Temperature*

Substances

Elastomers