Flexible Field-Limited Ordered ZnO Nanorods-based Self-Powered Tactile Sensor Array for Electronic Skin
writer：Weili Deng, Long Jin, Binbin Zhang, Yueqi Chen, Lin Mao, Haitao Zhang, Weiqing Yang
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source：期刊
Issue time：2016年
Tactile sensor is an essential component for realizing biomimetic robots, while the flexibility of the tactile sensor is a
pivotal performance for its application, especially for electronic skin. In this work, a flexible self-powered tactile sensor
array was designed based on the piezoelectricity of ZnO nanorods (NRs). The field-limited ordered ZnO NRs were
synthesized on flexible Kapton substrate to serve as the function layer of tactile sensor. The electrical output
performances of as-fabricated tactile sensor were measured under pressing and bending forces. Moreover, we measured
the human-finger pressure detection performance of tactile sensor array, suggesting that the corresponding mapping
figure of finger pressure could be displayed on the monitor of personal computer (PC) in the forms of lighted LED and color
density through LabVIEW system. This as-grown sensory feedback system should be a potential valuable assistance for the
users of hand prostheses to reduce the risk and obtain a greater feeling of using of the prostheses.