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ArticleNature communications2025

Precision aerosol-jet micropatterning of liquid metal for high-performance flexible strain sensors.

Benyan Xu, Mingyang Yang, Wenjun Cheng, Xuyin Li, Ximei Xu, Wenming Li, Hao Zhang, Ming Zhou

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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8 authors.

Benyan XuState Key Laboratory of Clean and Efficient Turbomachinery Power Equipment, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-7535-880X
Mingyang YangState Key Laboratory of Clean and Efficient Turbomachinery Power Equipment, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Wenjun ChengState Key Laboratory of Clean and Efficient Turbomachinery Power Equipment, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Xuyin LiState Key Laboratory of Clean and Efficient Turbomachinery Power Equipment, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Ximei XuState Key Laboratory of Clean and Efficient Turbomachinery Power Equipment, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Wenming LiState Key Laboratory of Clean and Efficient Turbomachinery Power Equipment, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Hao ZhangState Key Laboratory of Clean and Efficient Turbomachinery Power Equipment, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Ming ZhouState Key Laboratory of Clean and Efficient Turbomachinery Power Equipment, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. zhouming@tsinghua.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9270-6243

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 51961145303
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Flexible wearable strain sensors are rapidly advancing non-invasive devices, while achieving both an ultra-low detection limit and wide sensing range concurrently presents a challenge. Herein, we propose a liquid metal (LM) strain sensors manufacturing strategy employing aerosol jet printing (AJP). Specially formulated LM ink is the key to enabling high-precision printing (12 μm) of LM via AJP, which is optimized by adjusting the concentration of polyvinylpyrrolidone and diethylene glycol. Additionally, through structured sensor pattern design in conjunction with narrow line width AJP, flexible LM strain sensors are developed that feature an ultralow detection limit (0.1% for l-sinusoid and 0.0033% for s wave LM strain sensors) combined with a wide sensing range (660% for l-sinusoid and 230% for s wave). Exceptional performance achieves comprehensive detection of human movement. This research reconciles the trade-off between detection limit and sensing range, while high-precision LM Aerosol-jet Micro-patterning enhances manufacturing in flexible electronics.

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