Bioinspired and bristled microparticles for ultrasensitive pressure and strain sensors

The potential of electromechanical sensors has been limited by low volumetric density in sensing sites. Here, the authors demonstrate ultrasensitive pressure and strain sensors using ZnO microparticles that have high-aspect ratio and high-density nanostructured spines mimicking bristles in insects.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bing Yin, Xiaomeng Liu, Hongyan Gao, Tianda Fu, Jun Yao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07672-2