纳米颗粒
纳米技术
生物传感器
等离子体子
表面等离子共振
分子
作者
Chang-Bo Huang,Yifan Yao,Verónica Montes-García,Marc-Antoine Stoeckel,Miriam Von Holst,Artur Ciesielski,Paolo Samorì
出处
期刊:Small
[Wiley]
日期:2021-02-01
卷期号:17 (8): 2007593-
被引量:9
标识
DOI:10.1002/smll.202007593
摘要
High-performance flexible strain sensors are key components for the next generation of wearable health monitoring devices. Here, the authors have fabricated a novel strain sensor based on gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) interconnected by flexible and responsive molecular linkers. The combination of conductive AuNPs (25 nm in diameter) with tetra(ethylene glycol) dithiol (SH-TEG-SH) linkers yields a covalent 3D network which can be directly deposited onto prepatterned flexible supports exposing interdigitated Au electrodes. The electrically insulating nature of the linkers effectively defines the tunneling modulated charge transfer through the AuNPs network. When compressive/tensile strain is applied, the molecular linkers adopt a compressed/stretched conformation thus decreasing/increasing the interparticle distance, ultimately yielding an exponential increase/decrease of the tunneling current when voltage is applied. The strain sensor displays state-of-the-art performances including a highly sensitive response to both tensile and compressive strain, as quantified by a high gauge factor (GF≈126) combined with other superior sensing properties like high flexibility, short response time (16.1 ms), and good robustness (>2000 cycles). Finally, the applicability of the device for health monitoring is demonstrated: high-resolution artery pulse waves are acquired by placing the strain sensor onto the skin allowing the extraction of important physical parameters for human-health assessment.
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