title: Tattoo conductive polymer nanosheets for skin-contact applications.
abstract: Conductive tattoo nanosheets are fabricated on top of decal transfer paper and transferred on target surfaces as temporary transfer tattoos. Circuits are patterned with ink-jet printing. Tattoo nanosheets are envisioned as unperceivable human-device interfaces because of conformal adhesion to complex surfaces including skin. They are tested as dry electrodes for surface electromyography (sEMG), which permits the control of a robotic hand.
authors.affiliation: Center for Micro-BioRobotics @SSSA, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Viale R. Piaggio 34, 56025, Pontedera, Italy.|The Biorobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Viale R. Piaggio 34, 56025, Pontedera, Italy.
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zucca
authors.affiliation: The Biorobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Viale R. Piaggio 34, 56025, Pontedera, Italy.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cipriani
authors.affiliation: Center for Micro-BioRobotics @SSSA, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Viale R. Piaggio 34, 56025, Pontedera, Italy.|Department of Robotics, Brain and Cognitive Science, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163, Genova, Italy.
authors.lastname: Sudha
authors.affiliation: The Biorobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Viale R. Piaggio 34, 56025, Pontedera, Italy.
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tarantino
authors.affiliation: Department of Robotics, Brain and Cognitive Science, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163, Genova, Italy.
authors.forename: Davide
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ricci
authors.affiliation: Center for Micro-BioRobotics @SSSA, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Viale R. Piaggio 34, 56025, Pontedera, Italy.
authors.forename: Virgilio
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mattoli
authors.affiliation: Center for Micro-BioRobotics @SSSA, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Viale R. Piaggio 34, 56025, Pontedera, Italy.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Greco
mesh_terms: D004566:Electrodes; D007281:Ink; D010209:Paper; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D012867:Skin; D013653:Tattooing / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D011108:Polymers
keywords: conducting polymeric nanofilms; conformable electronics; ink-jet; organic bioelectronics; tattoo