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      Fully printed flexible fingerprint-like three-axis tactile and slip force and temperature sensors for artificial skin.

      ACS Nano
      American Chemical Society (ACS)
      nanotubes, artificial skins, nanoparticles, three-axis tactile sensors, temperature sensors, printed sensors

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          A three-axis tactile force sensor that determines the touch and slip/friction force may advance artificial skin and robotic applications by fully imitating human skin. The ability to detect slip/friction and tactile forces simultaneously allows unknown objects to be held in robotic applications. However, the functionalities of flexible devices have been limited to a tactile force in one direction due to difficulties fabricating devices on flexible substrates. Here we demonstrate a fully printed fingerprint-like three-axis tactile force and temperature sensor for artificial skin applications. To achieve economic macroscale devices, these sensors are fabricated and integrated using only printing methods. Strain engineering enables the strain distribution to be detected upon applying a slip/friction force. By reading the strain difference at four integrated force sensors for a pixel, both the tactile and slip/friction forces can be analyzed simultaneously. As a proof of concept, the high sensitivity and selectivity for both force and temperature are demonstrated using a 3×3 array artificial skin that senses tactile, slip/friction, and temperature. Multifunctional sensing components for a flexible device are important advances for both practical applications and basic research in flexible electronics.

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          25437513
          10.1021/nn506293y

          nanotubes,artificial skins,nanoparticles,three-axis tactile sensors,temperature sensors,printed sensors

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