Organically-Capped Copper Nanowires for Soft Electronic Skin Sensors

柔软的皮肤状电子设备可以实现使用今天的刚性电路板技术无法实现的应用。然而，用传统材料和传统制造方法很难实现这样的未来软电子。该项目旨在合成新型的有机封顶的铜纳米线作为电子墨水(e-ink)，以开发成本效益高、柔软、可伸展的导体(e-Skin)传感器，这种传感器可穿戴以实时和原位监测血液脉冲、身体运动和手势。预计这将促进我们在纳米技术方面的知识，并在软电子皮肤传感器方面产生可申请专利的技术，并为澳大利亚带来重大的科学和经济收益。

Soft skin-like electronics can enable applications that are impossible to achieve with today's rigid circuit board technologies. However, it is difficult to realise such future soft electronics with traditional materials and conventional manufacturing methodologies. This project aims to synthesise novel organically-capped copper nanowires as electronic inks (e-inks) for developing cost-effective, soft, stretchable conductor (e-skin) sensors, which are wearable for monitoring blood pulses, body motions and hand gestures in real-time and in situ. This is expected to advance our knowledge in nanotechnology and generate patentable technologies in soft e-skin sensors, and to bring significant scientific and economic gains to Australia.