3D Bioplotter Research Papers

Soft strain sensors with high sensitivity and the ability to recover from damages are required in the emerging field of self-healing soft robotics. Herein, printable supercapacitive strain sensors that can heal upon moderate heating (75 °C for 10 min) and exhibit a 30 times higher sensitivity than PDMS-based sensors are developed. For the sensor’s core layer and electrode, a nitrile-functional polysiloxane that contains an active ionic initiator and can heal by siloxane equilibration at elevated temperatures is used. Supercapacitive strain sensors prepared from the elastomer are highly sensitive at low strains of 0-30%, enabled by the electric double-layer formation of…