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Fusion of Soft Electronics Specific/Core Projects
Director : Kilwon Cho
Affiliation : CASE
| Research summary
- Requirement of human-friendly, body-implantable, and attachable electronic devices for next generation applications and advanced system of artificial electronic skin (e-skin) and healthcare. - Requirement of human-machine interface based on soft electronics of stretchable / flexible artificial e- skin directly stimulating the sensory system of human. - Requirement for development of interdisciplinary research through effective management enabling to establish a new concept about a various kind of soft electronic devices and discuss the feasibility study for the concept.
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| Research Purpose
Development of world-class stretchable soft electronic devices through integration of soft nano materials, fabrication, and device technology. Building the public infrastructure for development of nano-based soft electronics technology.
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Topic 1. Highly-sensitive patch-type electrical sensor for human body
- Development of wearable electrode composed of hierarchical nano-structure for effective bio-electrical signal (EMG, ECG) detection
- Development of highly sensitive, flexible vibration sensor for human voice recognition/analysis
- Development of temperature sensors based on semi-crystalline polymer
- Development of sweat collecting system with wedge pattern and 3D structure for effective glucose monitoring
(a) Nano-hierarchical gold electrode fabricated by anodized aluminum oxide membrane, measuring electromyogram (EMG). (b) Structure and performance of highly sensitive, flexible vibration sensor for human voice recognition/analysis. (c) Principle of temperature sensors based on semi-crystalline polymer. (d) Principle and performance sweat collecting system with wedge pattern and 3D structure for effective glucose monitoring.
Topic 2. Soft electronics based feedback-available tactile sensor system
(a) Structure and performance of bimodal e-kin with linear sensitivity and stimulus-discriminability. (b) Structure and performance of doped rGO/PEDOT:PSS polymer composite actuator with high mechanical stability.
Topic 3. Healthcare electronic skin system for human body stimulation
(a) Schematic of low-power wearable sensor for preventing sudden infant death. (b) Explanation of system for prevention of sudden infant death, detecting baby's posture. (c) Diagram of electrodes with flexible micro-needle array structure. (d) Electric stimulation performance controlling electric parameters such as magnitude, frequency and pulse width.
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