Journal
SMALL
Volume 15, Issue 51, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/smll.201904224
Keywords
3D structures; assembly; laser induced graphene; responsive; sensors
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Funding
- National Science Foundation [1825352]
- United States Department of Agriculture [2018-67017-27880]
- Directorate For Engineering
- Div Of Civil, Mechanical, & Manufact Inn [1825352] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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3D electronic/optoelectronic devices have shown great potentials for various applications due to their unique properties inherited not only from functional materials, but also from 3D architectures. Although a variety of fabrication methods including mechanically guided assembly have been reported, the resulting 3D devices show no stimuli-responsive functions or are not free standing, thereby limiting their applications. Herein, the stimulus responsive assembly of complex 3D structures driven by temperature-responsive hydrogels is demonstrated for applications in 3D multifunctional sensors. The assembly driving force, compressive buckling, arises from the volume shrinkage of the responsive hydrogel substrates when they are heated above the lower critical solution temperature. Driven by the compressive buckling force, the 2D-formed membrane materials, which are pre-defined and selectively bonded to the substrates, are then assembled to 3D structures. They include tent, tower, two-floor pavilion, dome, basket, and nested-cages with delicate geometries. Moreover, the demonstrated 3D bifunctional sensors based on laser induced graphene show capability of spatially resolved tactile sensing and temperature sensing. These multifunctional 3D sensors would open new applications in soft robotics, bioelectronics, micro-electromechanical systems, and others.
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