Permeable, three-dimensional integrated electronic skins with stretchable hybrid liquid metal solders

IF 33.7 1区工程技术 Q1 ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC

Nature Electronics Pub Date : 2024-07-01 DOI:10.1038/s41928-024-01189-x

Qiuna Zhuang, Kuanming Yao, Chi Zhang, Xian Song, Jingkun Zhou, Yufei Zhang, Qiyao Huang, Yizhao Zhou, Xinge Yu, Zijian Zheng

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Abstract

The development of wearable and on-skin electronics requires high-density stretchable electronic systems that can conform to soft tissue, operate continuously and provide long-term biocompatibility. Most stretchable electronic systems have low-density integration and are wired with external printed circuit boards, which limits functionality, deteriorates user experience and impedes long-term usability. Here we report an intrinsically permeable, three-dimensional integrated electronic skin. The system combines high-density inorganic electronic components with organic stretchable fibrous substrates using three-dimensional patterned, multilayered liquid metal circuits and stretchable hybrid liquid metal solder. The electronic skin exhibits high softness, durability, fabric-like permeability to air and moisture and sufficient biocompatibility for on-skin attachment for a week. We use the platform to create wireless, battery-powered and battery-free skin-attached bioelectronic systems that offer complex system-level functions, including the stable sensing of biosignals, signal processing and analysis, electrostimulation and wireless communication. An electronic skin that connects rigid inorganic electronic components with a multilayered stretchy liquid metal fibre mat using a hybrid liquid metal solder can offer high integration density while remaining soft, permeable and biocompatible.

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Nature Electronics Engineering-Electrical and Electronic Engineering

CiteScore

47.50

自引率

2.30%

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159

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