Nanoalloy Printed and Pulse-Laser Sintered Flexible Sensor Devices with Enhanced Stability and Materials Compatibility
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- 作者：Wei Zhao ; Thomas Rovere ; Darshana Weerawarne ; Gavin Osterhoudt ; Ning Kang ; Pharrah Joseph ; Jin Luo ; Bonggu Shim ; Mark Poliks ; Chuan-Jian Zhong
- 刊名：ACS Nano
- 出版年：2015
- 出版时间：June 23, 2015
- 年：2015
- 卷：9
- 期：6
- 页码：6168-6177
- 全文大小：639K
- ISSN：1936-086X
文摘
While conformal and wearable devices have become one of the most desired formats for printable electronics, it is challenging to establish a scalable process that produces stable conductive patterns but also uses substrates compatible with widely available wearable materials. Here, we describe findings of an investigation of a nanoalloy ink printed and pulsed-laser sintered conductive patterns as flexible functional devices with enhanced stability and materials compatibility. While nanoparticle inks are desired for printable electronics, almost all existing nanoparticle inks are based on single-metal component, which, as an electronic element, is limited by its inherent stabilities of the metal such as propensity of metal oxidation and mobility of metal ions, especially in sintering processes. The work here has demonstrated the first example in exploiting plasmonic coupling of nanoalloys and pulsed-laser energy with controllable thermal penetration. The experimental and theoretical results have revealed clear correlation between the pulsed laser parameters and the nanoalloy structural characteristics. The superior performance of the resulting flexible sensor device, upon imparting nanostructured sensing materials, for detecting volatile organic compounds has significant implications to developing stable and wearable sensors for monitoring environmental pollutants and breath biomarkers. This simple 鈥渘anoalloy printing鈥搇aser sintering鈥搉anostructure printing鈥?process is entirely general to many different sensor devices and nanostructured sensing materials, enabling the ability to easily construct sophisticated sensor array.