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Autonomous self-healing supramolecular polymer transistors for skin electronics

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  • Ngoc Thanh Phuong Vo

    (Kyung Hee University)

  • Tae Uk Nam

    (Kyung Hee University)

  • Min Woo Jeong

    (Kyung Hee University)

  • Jun Su Kim

    (Kyung Hee University)

  • Kyu Ho Jung

    (Kyung Hee University)

  • Yeongjun Lee

    (Stanford University
    KAIST)

  • Guorong Ma

    (University of Southern Mississippi)

  • Xiaodan Gu

    (University of Southern Mississippi)

  • Jeffrey B.-H. Tok

    (Stanford University)

  • Tae Il Lee

    (Gachon University)

  • Zhenan Bao

    (Stanford University)

  • Jin Young Oh

    (Kyung Hee University)

Abstract

Skin-like field-effect transistors are key elements of bio-integrated devices for future user-interactive electronic-skin applications. Despite recent rapid developments in skin-like stretchable transistors, imparting self-healing ability while maintaining necessary electrical performance to these transistors remains a challenge. Herein, we describe a stretchable polymer transistor capable of autonomous self-healing. The active material consists of a blend of an electrically insulating supramolecular polymer with either semiconducting polymers or vapor-deposited metal nanoclusters. A key feature is to employ the same supramolecular self-healing polymer matrix for all active layers, i.e., conductor/semiconductor/dielectric layers, in the skin-like transistor. This provides adhesion and intimate contact between layers, which facilitates effective charge injection and transport under strain after self-healing. Finally, we fabricate skin-like self-healing circuits, including NAND and NOR gates and inverters, both of which are critical components of arithmetic logic units. This work greatly advances practical self-healing skin electronics.

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  • Ngoc Thanh Phuong Vo & Tae Uk Nam & Min Woo Jeong & Jun Su Kim & Kyu Ho Jung & Yeongjun Lee & Guorong Ma & Xiaodan Gu & Jeffrey B.-H. Tok & Tae Il Lee & Zhenan Bao & Jin Young Oh, 2024. "Autonomous self-healing supramolecular polymer transistors for skin electronics," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-10, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:15:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-024-47718-2
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47718-2
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