1. Reduced Graphene Oxide-Polypyrrole Aerogel-Based Coaxial Heterogeneous Microfiber Enables Ultrasensitive Pressure Monitoring of Living Organisms
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Feng Tang, Rui Li, Xinlei Ma, Huiqin Lian, Yuqiao Chai, Xusheng Wang, Zhaoxia Jin, Junhui Ji, Ruoqi Chen, Qianqian Jiang, Kun Hua, Hui Ma, Xiubin Yang, and Mianqi Xue
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Materials science ,business.product_category ,Polymers ,Oxide ,Blood Pressure ,Nanotechnology ,Biosensing Techniques ,02 engineering and technology ,010402 general chemistry ,Polypyrrole ,01 natural sciences ,law.invention ,Mice ,Wearable Electronic Devices ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,law ,Microfiber ,Pressure ,Animals ,Pyrroles ,General Materials Science ,Pressure monitoring ,Monitoring, Physiologic ,Graphene ,Textiles ,Electric Conductivity ,Aerogel ,Equipment Design ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Pressure sensor ,0104 chemical sciences ,chemistry ,Female ,Graphite ,Coaxial ,0210 nano-technology ,business - Abstract
Pressure sensors for living organisms can monitor both the movement behavior of the organism and pressure changes of the organ, and they have vast perspectives for the health management information platform and disease diagnostics/treatment through the micropressure changes of organs. Although pressure sensors have been widely integrated with e-skin or other wearable systems for health monitoring, they have not been approved for comprehensive surveillance and monitoring of living organisms due to their unsatisfied sensing performance. To solve the problem, here, we introduce a novel structural design strategy to manufacture reduced graphene oxide-polypyrrole aerogel-based microfibers with a typical coaxial heterogeneous structure, which significantly enhances the sensitivity, resolution, and stability of the derived pressure microsensors. The as-fabricated pressure microsensors exhibit ultrahigh sensitivities of 12.84, 18.27, and 4.46 kPa-1 in the pressure ranges of 0-20, 20-40, and 40-65 Pa, respectively, high resolution (0.2 Pa), and good stability in 450 cycles. Furthermore, the microsensor is applied to detect the movement behavior and organic micropressure changes for mice and serves as a platform for monitoring micropressure for the integrative diagnosis both in vivo and in vitro of organisms.
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- 2021