Nanomesh pressure sensor for monitoring finger manipulation without sensory interference

Sunghoon Lee; Sae Franklin; Faezeh Arab Hassani; Tomoyuki Yokota; Md Osman Goni Nayeem; Yan Wang; Raz Leib; Gordon Cheng; David W. Franklin; Takao Someya

doi:10.1126/science.abc9735

Nanomesh pressure sensor for monitoring finger manipulation without sensory interference

Sunghoon Lee, Sae Franklin, Faezeh Arab Hassani, Tomoyuki Yokota, Md Osman Goni Nayeem, Yan Wang, Raz Leib, Gordon Cheng, David W. Franklin, Takao Someya

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Monitoring of finger manipulation without disturbing the inherent functionalities is critical to understand the sense of natural touch. However, worn or attached sensors affect the natural feeling of the skin. We developed nanomesh pressure sensors that can monitor finger pressure without detectable effects on human sensation. The effect of the sensor on human sensation was quantitatively investigated, and the sensor-applied finger exhibits comparable grip forces with those of the bare finger, even though the attachment of a 2-micrometer-thick polymeric film results in a 14% increase in the grip force after adjusting for friction. Simultaneously, the sensor exhibits an extreme mechanical durability against cyclic shearing and friction greater than hundreds of kilopascals.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	966-970
Number of pages	5
Journal	Science
Volume	370
Issue number	6519
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abc9735
State	Published - 20 Nov 2020
Externally published	Yes

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