Skin-like Transparent Polymer-Hydrogel Hybrid Pressure Sensor with Pyramid Microstructures
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Fabrication of a Silicon Pyramid Mold for Pressure-Sensitive Microstructures
2.2. Fabrication of Skin-like polymer-hydrogel Hybrid Pressure Sensor
3. Results
Characteristics of polymer-hydrogel Hybrid Pressure Sensor
4. Discussion and Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Kang, K.; Jung, H.; An, S.; Baac, H.W.; Shin, M.; Son, D. Skin-like Transparent Polymer-Hydrogel Hybrid Pressure Sensor with Pyramid Microstructures. Polymers 2021, 13, 3272. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13193272
Kang K, Jung H, An S, Baac HW, Shin M, Son D. Skin-like Transparent Polymer-Hydrogel Hybrid Pressure Sensor with Pyramid Microstructures. Polymers. 2021; 13(19):3272. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13193272
Chicago/Turabian StyleKang, Kyumin, Hyunjin Jung, Soojung An, Hyoung Won Baac, Mikyung Shin, and Donghee Son. 2021. "Skin-like Transparent Polymer-Hydrogel Hybrid Pressure Sensor with Pyramid Microstructures" Polymers 13, no. 19: 3272. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13193272