Micro/Nano Soft Film Sensors for Intelligent Plant Systems: Materials, Fabrications, and Applications

Jiang, Qin; Chai, Zhiping; Zong, Zisheng; Hu, Zhitong; Zhang, Shuo; Wu, Zhigang

doi:10.3390/chemosensors11030197

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Micro/Nano Soft Film Sensors for Intelligent Plant Systems: Materials, Fabrications, and Applications

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Qin Jiang

,

Zhiping Chai

,

Zisheng Zong

,

Zhitong Hu

,

Shuo Zhang

and

Zhigang Wu

^*

State Key Laboratory of Digital Manufacturing Equipment and Technology, School of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China

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Chemosensors 2023, 11(3), 197; https://doi.org/10.3390/chemosensors11030197

Submission received: 10 February 2023 / Revised: 15 March 2023 / Accepted: 17 March 2023 / Published: 19 March 2023

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Low-Cost Chemo/Bio-Sensors Based on Nanomaterials)

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Being abundant as natural intelligence, plants have attracted huge attention from researchers. Soft film sensors present a novel and promising approach to connect plants with artificial devices, helping us to investigate plants’ intelligence further. Here, recent developments for micro/nano soft film sensors that can be used for establishing intelligent plant systems are summarized, including essential materials, fabrications, and application scenarios. Conductive metals, nanomaterials, and polymers are discussed as basic materials for active layers and substrates of soft film sensors. The corresponding fabrication techniques, such as laser machining, printing, coating, and vapor deposition, have also been surveyed and discussed. Moreover, by combining soft film sensors with plants, applications for intelligent plant systems are also investigated, including plant physiology detection and plant-hybrid systems. Finally, the existing challenges and future opportunities are prospected.

Keywords: soft film sensors; intelligent plant systems; plant intelligence

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Jiang, Q.; Chai, Z.; Zong, Z.; Hu, Z.; Zhang, S.; Wu, Z. Micro/Nano Soft Film Sensors for Intelligent Plant Systems: Materials, Fabrications, and Applications. Chemosensors 2023, 11, 197. https://doi.org/10.3390/chemosensors11030197

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Jiang Q, Chai Z, Zong Z, Hu Z, Zhang S, Wu Z. Micro/Nano Soft Film Sensors for Intelligent Plant Systems: Materials, Fabrications, and Applications. Chemosensors. 2023; 11(3):197. https://doi.org/10.3390/chemosensors11030197

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Jiang, Qin, Zhiping Chai, Zisheng Zong, Zhitong Hu, Shuo Zhang, and Zhigang Wu. 2023. "Micro/Nano Soft Film Sensors for Intelligent Plant Systems: Materials, Fabrications, and Applications" Chemosensors 11, no. 3: 197. https://doi.org/10.3390/chemosensors11030197

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Jiang, Q., Chai, Z., Zong, Z., Hu, Z., Zhang, S., & Wu, Z. (2023). Micro/Nano Soft Film Sensors for Intelligent Plant Systems: Materials, Fabrications, and Applications. Chemosensors, 11(3), 197. https://doi.org/10.3390/chemosensors11030197

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