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Flexible new materials make electronic skin more "intelligent"

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2019-12-02 15:59

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Xinhua News Agency, San Francisco, February 19 (Reporter Wu Xiaoling) The scientific research team of Chinese professor Bao Zhenan of Stanford University in the United States published a report in the British magazine Nature on the 19th, saying that they have achieved a new breakthrough in the manufacturing process in the field of flexible electronics and successfully developed for the first time. A high-density, high-sensitivity stretchable transistor array that is easier to mass produce has breakthrough significance in electronic skin research.

Xinhua News Agency, San Francisco, February 19 (Reporter Wu Xiaoling) The scientific research team of Chinese professor Bao Zhenan of Stanford University in the United States published a report in the British magazine Nature on the 19th, saying that they have achieved a new breakthrough in the manufacturing process in the field of flexible electronics and successfully developed for the first time. A high-density, high-sensitivity stretchable transistor array that is easier to mass produce has breakthrough significance in electronic skin research.

 

The research of flexible electronic materials is a hot topic in the field of materials science and electronics. This material can be used to make electronic skin with health monitoring function, flexible electronic screen and so on, and has broad application prospects. Previous flexible electronic technology basically achieved stretchability by sacrificing the density of electronic devices, with large limitations and complex manufacturing processes.

 

Wang Sihong and Xu Jie, co-first authors of the new study, said that they combined materials science research with electronics research to break the development limitations of electronic skin and other related products, and can achieve high density and high mechanical stretchability of transistors at the same time. It has universal applicability to stretchable compound materials and can be used as the basic components of electronic skin equipment.

 

According to reports, the new results make the electronic skin sensing and computing power stronger, "smart" higher. This material has a transistor array density of up to 347 per square centimeter and can maintain the same performance when stretched to twice the length. After testing, its stability can withstand at least 1000 times of stretching. Based on this, the team has developed an electronic skin that can adhere flexible electronic devices to the surface of human skin. Compared with similar products, the wearing comfort, the amount of information obtained from the skin and the signal fidelity have been significantly improved. It can be used for health monitoring and medical treatment in the future.

 

The researchers said that this process has the advantages of wide material applicability, stable transistor performance, high density, and easy mass production. It is in a leading position in the interdisciplinary field of flexible electronics, and is beneficial to the material field, the electronics industry, and medical applications. benefit.

 

In an interview with Xinhua News Agency reporters, Bao Zhenan said that compared with the samples under laboratory conditions, the density of transistor devices and other indicators after industrialization will continue to improve. After such technologies and products have been greatly improved in softness, stretchability and degradability, more new functions can be realized, and they are expected to be widely used in human-computer interaction, flexible robots, augmented reality technology and other fields.