title: Ionic skin.
abstract: Electronic skins (i.e., stretchable sheets of distributed sensors) report signals using electrons, whereas natural skins report signals using ions. Here, ionic conductors are used to create a new type of sensory sheet, called "ionic skin". Ionic skins are highly stretchable, transparent, and biocompatible. They readily measure strains from 1% to 500%, and pressures as low as 1 kPa.
authors.affiliation: Kavli Institute for Bionano Science and Technology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA; School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, 151-744, Korea.
authors.forename: Jeong-Yun
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Keplinger
authors.forename: George M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Whitesides
authors.forename: Zhigang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Suo
mesh_terms: D000180:Acrylic Resins / Q000737:chemistry; D000268:Adhesiveness; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D020724:Elastomers / Q000737:chemistry; D025802:Electric Capacitance; D055615:Electrical Equipment and Supplies; D004867:Equipment Design; D005385:Fingers; D006801:Humans; D007477:Ions / Q000737:chemistry; D008422:Materials Testing; D018583:Pliability; D011312:Pressure; D012867:Skin; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000737:chemistry; D055682:Viscoelastic Substances / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000180:Acrylic Resins; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D020724:Elastomers; D007477:Ions; D055682:Viscoelastic Substances; C016680:polyacrylamide gels; D012965:Sodium Chloride
keywords: electronic skin; ionic conductors; pressure sensors; strain sensors; stretchable electronics