Publications by authors named "Taiqi Hu"
Stretchable electronics have demonstrated excellent potential in wearable healthcare and conformal integration. Achieving the scalable fabrication of stretchable devices with high functional density is the cornerstone to enable the practical applications of stretchable electronics. Here, a comprehensive methodology for realizing large-scale, 3D, and stretchable circuits (3D-LSC) is reported.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPossessing a unique combination of properties that are traditionally contradictory in other natural or synthetical materials, Ga-based liquid metals (LMs) exhibit low mechanical stiffness and flowability like a liquid, with good electrical and thermal conductivity like metal, as well as good biocompatibility and room-temperature phase transformation. These remarkable properties have paved the way for the development of novel reconfigurable or stretchable electronics and devices. Despite these outstanding properties, the easy oxidation, high surface tension, and low rheological viscosity of LMs have presented formidable challenges in high-resolution patterning.
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- The study focuses on improving stretchable strain sensors by integrating a chiral auxetic metamaterial (CAM) into the elastomer substrate, addressing limitations in their performance due to substrate properties.
- This combination allows for a tunable isotropic Poisson's ratio, resulting in a significant increase in sensitivity (53-fold) and an ability to sense in multiple directions.
- The research demonstrates practical applications, such as monitoring human physiological signals and assisting in trampoline gymnastics training, showcasing the enhanced capabilities of the new strain sensor.