Wearable Wide-Range Strain Sensors Based on Ionic Liquids and Monitoring of Human Activities.

Wearable sensors for detection of human activities have encouraged the development of highly elastic sensors. In particular, to capture subtle and large-scale body motion, stretchable and wide-range strain sensors are highly desired, but still a challenge. Herein, a highly stretchable and transparent stain sensor based on ionic liquids and elastic polymer has been developed.

Correction: Large-size nanosheets of 9,10-bis(phenylethynyl)anthracene with high photoresponse and light emission anisotropy.

Correction for 'Large-size nanosheets of 9,10-bis(phenylethynyl)anthracene with high photoresponse and light emission anisotropy' by Juan-Ye Wang et al., Phys. Chem.

The facile synthesis and optical waveguide properties of single-crystal 1,2,3,4,5-pentaphenyl-1,3-cyclopentadiene microrods.

Single-crystalline 1,2,3,4,5-pentaphenyl-1,3-cyclopentadiene (PPCP) microrods were prepared by a facile solution process. The PPCP microrods with smooth surfaces could absorb excitation light and propagate the photoluminescence (PL) emission. They showed excellent properties in the low optical loss of a single rod and feasible transfer between neighboring rods.

Large-size nanosheets of 9,10-bis(phenylethynyl)anthracene with high photoresponse and light emission anisotropy.

Large-size single crystalline nanosheets of 9,10-bis(phenylethynyl)-anthracene were prepared by a facile solution process and were fully characterized. The prototype photodetector was then fabricated on the basis of a single nanosheet and exhibited superior performance with the largest photoresponse ratio up to ca. 10(5).

Facile microwave-assisted synthesis of Klockmannite CuSe nanosheets and their exceptional electrical properties.

Klockmannite copper selenide nanosheets (CuSe NSs) are synthesized by a facile microwave-assisted method and fully characterized. The nanosheets have smooth surface and hexagonal shape. The lateral size is 200-500 nm × 400-800 nm and the thickness is 55 ± 20 nm.