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A Stretchable Pressure-Sensitive Array Based on Polymer Matrix Yuanzheng Luo, Qi Xiao and Buyin Li * School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China; [email protected] (Y.L.); [email protected] (Q.X.) * Correspondence: [email protected]; Tel.: +86-027-8754-2994 Received: 6 May 2017; Accepted: 29 June 2017; Published: 5 July 2017
Abstract: Herein, a flexible 6 × 6 pressure-sensitive array (based on the PDMS (Polydimethylsiloxane) porous substrate) was designed. We have developed a facile method to fabricate the porous substrate, by a single-step operation using the sugar-template method. This strategy effectively diminishes the complexity of the preparation process, as well as the device structure. The electrical resistivity of the stretchable array demonstrates the negative piezo resistive coefficient (NPRC) under 0–100 kpa. Moreover, the pressure-sensitive array reveals a high sensitivity and low delay time (
A Stretchable Pressure-Sensitive Array Based on Polymer Matrix Yuanzheng Luo, Qi Xiao and Buyin Li * School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China; [email protected] (Y.L.); [email protected] (Q.X.) * Correspondence: [email protected]; Tel.: +86-027-8754-2994 Received: 6 May 2017; Accepted: 29 June 2017; Published: 5 July 2017
Abstract: Herein, a flexible 6 × 6 pressure-sensitive array (based on the PDMS (Polydimethylsiloxane) porous substrate) was designed. We have developed a facile method to fabricate the porous substrate, by a single-step operation using the sugar-template method. This strategy effectively diminishes the complexity of the preparation process, as well as the device structure. The electrical resistivity of the stretchable array demonstrates the negative piezo resistive coefficient (NPRC) under 0–100 kpa. Moreover, the pressure-sensitive array reveals a high sensitivity and low delay time (
