Nano-Micro Letters, Volume. 15, Issue 1, 199(2023)

Conformal Human–Machine Integration Using Highly Bending-Insensitive, Unpixelated, and Waterproof Epidermal Electronics Toward Metaverse

Chao Wei1, Wansheng Lin1, Liang Wang2, Zhicheng Cao1, Zijian Huang1, Qingliang Liao3,4, Ziquan Guo1, Yuhan Su1, Yuanjin Zheng5, Xinqin Liao1、*, and Zhong Chen1、**
Author Affiliations
  • 1Department of Electronic Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, People’s Republic of China
  • 2Department of Engineering Mechanics, School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People’s Republic of China
  • 3Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, People’s Republic of China
  • 4Beijing Key Laboratory for Advanced Energy Materials and Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, People’s Republic of China
  • 5School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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    Efficient and flexible interactions require precisely converting human intentions into computer-recognizable signals, which is critical to the breakthrough development of metaverse. Interactive electronics face common dilemmas, which realize high-precision and stable touch detection but are rigid, bulky, and thick or achieve high flexibility to wear but lose precision. Here, we construct highly bending-insensitive, unpixelated, and waterproof epidermal interfaces (BUW epidermal interfaces) and demonstrate their interactive applications of conformal human–machine integration. The BUW epidermal interface based on the addressable electrical contact structure exhibits high-precision and stable touch detection, high flexibility, rapid response time, excellent stability, and versatile “cut-and-paste” character. Regardless of whether being flat or bent, the BUW epidermal interface can be conformally attached to the human skin for real-time, comfortable, and unrestrained interactions. This research provides promising insight into the functional composite and structural design strategies for developing epidermal electronics, which offers a new technology route and may further broaden human–machine interactions toward metaverse.

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    Chao Wei, Wansheng Lin, Liang Wang, Zhicheng Cao, Zijian Huang, Qingliang Liao, Ziquan Guo, Yuhan Su, Yuanjin Zheng, Xinqin Liao, Zhong Chen. Conformal Human–Machine Integration Using Highly Bending-Insensitive, Unpixelated, and Waterproof Epidermal Electronics Toward Metaverse[J]. Nano-Micro Letters, 2023, 15(1): 199

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    Paper Information

    Category: Research Articles

    Received: May. 12, 2023

    Accepted: Jul. 21, 2023

    Published Online: Dec. 15, 2023

    The Author Email: Liao Xinqin (liaoxinqin@xmu.edu.cn), Chen Zhong (chenz@xmu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1007/s40820-023-01176-5

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