Feb 15, 2022
(Nanowerk News) Human skin can be considered as a performance benchmark for the development of artificial tactile systems. Important considerations for the development of electronic skin (e-skin) are the choice of materials used in its fabrication and the ability to confer the mechanical properties of human skin (low modulus, stretchability and flexibility) into its artificial counterpart (read more about electronic skins).
Like other electronic devices, e-skins need to be powered. Existing e-skin platforms are predominately powered by (bulky) batteries, solar cells (read more: “Solar powered synthetic skin for robotics and prosthetics“), supercapacitors (read more: “The perfect angle for e-skin energy storage“) and even sweat (read more: “Stretchable biofuel cells extract energy from sweat to power wearable devices“).
A recent paper in ACS Applied…