PDMS-Based Elastomer Tuned Soft, Stretchable, and Sticky for Epidermal Electronics

Seung Hee Jeong; Shuo Zhang; Klas Hjort; Jöns Hilborn; Zhigang Wu

doi:10.1002/adma.201505372

PDMS-Based Elastomer Tuned Soft, Stretchable, and Sticky for Epidermal Electronics

Adv Mater. 2016 Jul;28(28):5830-6. doi: 10.1002/adma.201505372. Epub 2016 May 11.

Authors

Seung Hee Jeong¹, Shuo Zhang², Klas Hjort¹, Jöns Hilborn³, Zhigang Wu^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Microsystems Technology, Department of Engineering Sciences, Uppsala University, The Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala, 75121, Sweden.
² State Key Laboratory of Digital Manufacturing Equipment and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China.
³ Polymer Chemistry, A Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Chemistry-Ångström, Uppsala University, Uppsala, 75121, Sweden.

PMID: 27167137
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201505372

Abstract

A highly soft, stretchable, and sticky polydimethylsiloxane-based elastomer is achieved by adding small fractions of an amine-based polymer. The modified elastomer is tuned with a simple mixing step and shows good processability for microstructure fabrication. The modified elastomer shows excellent compatibility with an epidermal strain sensor on human skin.

Keywords: PDMS-based elastomer tuning; adhesion; compliance; elongation at break; epidermal electronics.

MeSH terms

Elastomers / chemistry*
Electronics*
Epidermis*
Humans
Polymers / chemistry
Wearable Electronic Devices*

Substances

Elastomers
Polymers