Easy‐to‐morph printable conductive Marangoni‐driven 3D microdome geometries for fingertip‐curved e‐skin array with an ultragentle linear touch

Abstract Continuously printable electronics have the significant advantage of being efficient for fabricating conductive polymer composites; however, the precise tailoring of the 3D hierarchical morphology of conductive nanocomposites in a simple dripping step remains challenging. Here, we introduce...

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Main Authors: Seung Hwan Jeon, Hyeongho Min, Gui Won Hwang, Jihun Son, Han Joo Kim, Da Wan Kim, Yeon Soo Lee, Chang Hyun Park, Cheonyang Lee, Hyoung‐Min Choi, Jinseok Jang, Bo‐Gyu Bok, Tae‐Heon Yang, Min‐Seok Kim, Changhyun Pang
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/inf2.70001
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author Seung Hwan Jeon
Hyeongho Min
Gui Won Hwang
Jihun Son
Han Joo Kim
Da Wan Kim
Yeon Soo Lee
Chang Hyun Park
Cheonyang Lee
Hyoung‐Min Choi
Jinseok Jang
Bo‐Gyu Bok
Tae‐Heon Yang
Min‐Seok Kim
Changhyun Pang
author_facet Seung Hwan Jeon
Hyeongho Min
Gui Won Hwang
Jihun Son
Han Joo Kim
Da Wan Kim
Yeon Soo Lee
Chang Hyun Park
Cheonyang Lee
Hyoung‐Min Choi
Jinseok Jang
Bo‐Gyu Bok
Tae‐Heon Yang
Min‐Seok Kim
Changhyun Pang
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description Abstract Continuously printable electronics have the significant advantage of being efficient for fabricating conductive polymer composites; however, the precise tailoring of the 3D hierarchical morphology of conductive nanocomposites in a simple dripping step remains challenging. Here, we introduce a one‐step direct printing technique to construct diverse microdome morphologies influenced by the interfacial Marangoni effect and nanoparticle interactions. Using a jet dispenser for continuous processing, we effectively fabricated a soft epidermis‐like e‐skin containing 64 densely arrayed pressure sensing pixels with a hierarchical dome array for enhanced linearity and ultrasensitivity. The e‐skin has 36 temperature‐sensing pixels in the outer layer, with a shield‐shaped dome that is insensitive to pressure stimuli. Our prosthetic finger inserted with the printed sensor arrays was capable of ultragentle detection and manipulation, such as stably holding a fragile biscuit, using a soft dropper to elaborately produce water droplets and harvesting soft fruits; these activities are challenging for existing high‐sensitivity tactile sensors.
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spelling doaj-art-44b5bb4c5a7b45b7bb5eaae1f0e8e3742025-08-20T03:47:41ZengWileyInfoMat2567-31652025-05-0175n/an/a10.1002/inf2.70001Easy‐to‐morph printable conductive Marangoni‐driven 3D microdome geometries for fingertip‐curved e‐skin array with an ultragentle linear touchSeung Hwan Jeon0Hyeongho Min1Gui Won Hwang2Jihun Son3Han Joo Kim4Da Wan Kim5Yeon Soo Lee6Chang Hyun Park7Cheonyang Lee8Hyoung‐Min Choi9Jinseok Jang10Bo‐Gyu Bok11Tae‐Heon Yang12Min‐Seok Kim13Changhyun Pang14School of Chemical Engineering Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) Suwon Republic of KoreaDepartment of SKKU Advanced Institute of Nanotechnology (SAINT) Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) Suwon Republic of KoreaSchool of Chemical Engineering Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) Suwon Republic of KoreaSchool of Chemical Engineering Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) Suwon Republic of KoreaSchool of Chemical Engineering Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) Suwon Republic of KoreaDepartment of Electronic Engineering Korea National University of Transportation Chungju‐si Republic of KoreaSchool of Chemical Engineering Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) Suwon Republic of KoreaSchool of Chemical Engineering Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) Suwon Republic of KoreaPhysionics Co. Daejeon Republic of KoreaPhysionics Co. Daejeon Republic of KoreaConvergence Research Center for Meta‐Touch Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science Daejeon Republic of KoreaConvergence Research Center for Meta‐Touch Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science Daejeon Republic of KoreaDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Konkuk University Seoul South KoreaConvergence Research Center for Meta‐Touch Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science Daejeon Republic of KoreaSchool of Chemical Engineering Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) Suwon Republic of KoreaAbstract Continuously printable electronics have the significant advantage of being efficient for fabricating conductive polymer composites; however, the precise tailoring of the 3D hierarchical morphology of conductive nanocomposites in a simple dripping step remains challenging. Here, we introduce a one‐step direct printing technique to construct diverse microdome morphologies influenced by the interfacial Marangoni effect and nanoparticle interactions. Using a jet dispenser for continuous processing, we effectively fabricated a soft epidermis‐like e‐skin containing 64 densely arrayed pressure sensing pixels with a hierarchical dome array for enhanced linearity and ultrasensitivity. The e‐skin has 36 temperature‐sensing pixels in the outer layer, with a shield‐shaped dome that is insensitive to pressure stimuli. Our prosthetic finger inserted with the printed sensor arrays was capable of ultragentle detection and manipulation, such as stably holding a fragile biscuit, using a soft dropper to elaborately produce water droplets and harvesting soft fruits; these activities are challenging for existing high‐sensitivity tactile sensors.https://doi.org/10.1002/inf2.70001e‐skinMarangoni flownanocompositeprinted electronics
spellingShingle Seung Hwan Jeon
Hyeongho Min
Gui Won Hwang
Jihun Son
Han Joo Kim
Da Wan Kim
Yeon Soo Lee
Chang Hyun Park
Cheonyang Lee
Hyoung‐Min Choi
Jinseok Jang
Bo‐Gyu Bok
Tae‐Heon Yang
Min‐Seok Kim
Changhyun Pang
Easy‐to‐morph printable conductive Marangoni‐driven 3D microdome geometries for fingertip‐curved e‐skin array with an ultragentle linear touch
InfoMat
e‐skin
Marangoni flow
nanocomposite
printed electronics
title Easy‐to‐morph printable conductive Marangoni‐driven 3D microdome geometries for fingertip‐curved e‐skin array with an ultragentle linear touch
title_full Easy‐to‐morph printable conductive Marangoni‐driven 3D microdome geometries for fingertip‐curved e‐skin array with an ultragentle linear touch
title_fullStr Easy‐to‐morph printable conductive Marangoni‐driven 3D microdome geometries for fingertip‐curved e‐skin array with an ultragentle linear touch
title_full_unstemmed Easy‐to‐morph printable conductive Marangoni‐driven 3D microdome geometries for fingertip‐curved e‐skin array with an ultragentle linear touch
title_short Easy‐to‐morph printable conductive Marangoni‐driven 3D microdome geometries for fingertip‐curved e‐skin array with an ultragentle linear touch
title_sort easy to morph printable conductive marangoni driven 3d microdome geometries for fingertip curved e skin array with an ultragentle linear touch
topic e‐skin
Marangoni flow
nanocomposite
printed electronics
url https://doi.org/10.1002/inf2.70001
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