Ming Liang Jin, Sangsik Park, Jong-Seon Kim, Sung Hyun Kwon, Shuye Zhang, Min Seok Yoo, Sungwoo Jang, Hyeong-Jun Koh, Soo-Yeon Cho, So Young Kim, Chi Won Ahn, Kilwon Cho, Seung Geol Lee, Do Hwan Kim, Hee-Tae Jung
Ultrastable sensing characteristics of the ionic chemiresistor skin (ICS) that is designed by using an intrinsically stretchable thermoplastic polyurethane electrolyte as a volatile organic compound (VOC) sensing channel are described. The hierarchically assembled polymer electrolyte film is observed to be very uniform, transparent, and intrinsically stretchable. Systematic experimental and theoretical studies also reveal that artificial ions are evenly distributed in polyurethane matrix without microscale phase separation, which is essential for implementing high reliability of the ICS devices...
March 30, 2018: Advanced Materials