Chemical Sensing Systems that Utilize Soft Electronics on Thin Elastomeric Substrates with Open Cellular Designs

Yoon Kyeung Lee, Kyung In Jang, Yinji Ma, Ahyeon Koh, Hang Chen, Han Na Jung, Yerim Kim, Jean Won Kwak, Liang Wang, Yeguang Xue, Yiyuan Yang, Wenlong Tian, Yu Jiang, Yihui Zhang, Xue Feng, Yonggang Huang, John A. Rogers*

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Abstract

A collection of materials and device architectures are introduced for thin, stretchable arrays of ion sensors that mount on open cellular substrates to facilitate solution exchange for use in biointegrated electronics. The results include integration strategies and studies of fundamental characteristics in chemical sensing and mechanical response. The latter involves experimental measurements and theoretical simulations that establish important considerations in the design of low modulus, stretchable properties in cellular substrates, and in the realization of advanced capabilities in spatiotemporal mapping of chemicals' gradients. As the chemical composition of extracellular fluids contains valuable information related to biological function, the concepts introduced here have potential utility across a range of skin- and internal-organ-integrated electronics where soft mechanics, fluidic permeability, and advanced chemical sensing capabilities are key requirements.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number1605476
JournalAdvanced Functional Materials
Volume27
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 3 2017

Funding

Y.K.L., K.-I.J., Y.M., and A.K. contributed equally to this work. Y.K.L acknowledges the support from Kwanjeong Educational Foundation. Y.M. and X.F. acknowledge the support from the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2015CB351900) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11402135 and 11320101001). Y.H. acknowledges the support from NSF (Grant Nos. DMR1121262, CMMI1300846, CMMI1400169, and CMMI1534120) and the NIH (Grant No. R01EB019337). K.-I.J. acknowledges the support from the DGIST Start-up Funding Program of the Ministry of Science (2016100001).

Keywords

  • fluid permeable substrates
  • ion selective electrodes
  • porous substrates
  • stretchable electronics

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • General Chemistry
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • General Materials Science
  • Electrochemistry
  • Biomaterials

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