Energy‐autonomous, flexible, and transparent tactile skin
- Submitting institution
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University of the West of Scotland
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 12831066
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1002/adfm.201606287
- Title of journal
- Advanced Functional Materials
- Article number
- 1606287
- First page
- 1
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 18
- ISSN
- 1616-301X
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- March
- Year of publication
- 2017
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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3
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- Tactile or electronic skin (e-skin) is needed to provide critical haptic perception to robots and amputees, as well as in wearable electronics for health monitoring and wellness applications. Energy autonomy of skin is a critical feature that would enable better portability and longer operation times. This work is significant, because it shows a novel structure, consisting of a transparent tactile sensitive layer based on single‐layer graphene, and a photovoltaic cell underneath as a building block for energy‐autonomous, flexible, and tactile skin. The fabricated e-skin has subsequently been patented, presented in conferences, and published in follow-up research articles.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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