Issue 37, 2020

Directly writing flexible temperature sensor with graphene nanoribbons for disposable healthcare devices

Abstract

Disposable temperature sensors have great advantages in public health security and infectious disease control. However, complicated fabrication processes and poor performances persistently restrict their practical applications. In this paper, a flexible temperature sensor is firstly developed by directly writing or mask spraying commonly-used paper with a highly thermo-sensitive graphene nanoribbon (GNR) ink. The inexpensive, green materials and process endow the GNR sensors with the properties of being low cost, degradable and pollution free. The band gap and the local traps of GNRs, caused by the nanoscale effect and oxygen doping, make the sensor highly thermo-sensitive. The sensor also shows fast response, precise resolution and good bendable properties. As demonstrated, the sensor achieves monitoring of respiratory rate, measurement of body temperature, identification of human touch and constituting a 5 × 5 array for temperature mapping. These results demonstrate that the GNRs sensor is highly promising as an economical disposable device for personal healthcare and disease monitoring.

Graphical abstract: Directly writing flexible temperature sensor with graphene nanoribbons for disposable healthcare devices

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
27 3 2020
Accepted
31 5 2020
First published
10 6 2020
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2020,10, 22222-22229

Directly writing flexible temperature sensor with graphene nanoribbons for disposable healthcare devices

X. Gong, L. Zhang, Y. Huang, S. Wang, G. Pan and L. Li, RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 22222 DOI: 10.1039/D0RA02815K

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