• Transactions of the Society of Information Storage Systems
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.36-40
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• 2015

The demand for flexible devices including solar cells, memories and batteries has increased rapidly over the past decades. In most flexible devices, polymer-based materials are used to enable the mechanical deformations such as bending or folding. Shape Memory Polymers (SMPs) is a high molecular compound polymer with flexibility and shape recovery characteristics. In this work, flexible shape memory device was fabricated by simply coating the conducting material, carbon nano-tube (CNT), on a shape memory polymer. Furthermore, durability of the device under various type of mechanical deformations was assessed. It is believed that the result of this work will aid in realization of a stretchable and wearable electronic device for practical applications.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• v.56 no.3
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• pp.117-123
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• 2021

Electronic skin (or E-skin) is an artificial smart skin composed of one or more than two sensors. E-skins detect external stimuli and convert them into electrical signals. Various types of E-skin sensors exist, including mechanical, physical, and chemical, depending on the detection signals involved. For wearable E-skins with superior sensitivity and reliability, developing conductors that possess both good elasticity and sensitivity is essential. Typical electrical conductors used in these sensors show very high sensitivity, but they have drawbacks such as non-linearity, irreversibility, and a narrow sensing range. To address these issues, stretchable and lightweight ionic conductors have been actively used in E-skin applications. This study summarizes the recent progress on various types of ionic conductors and ionic-conductor-based E-skin sensors.

• Bulletin of the Korea Photovoltaic Society
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.9-16
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• 2021

최근 유무기 하이브리드 전자소자의 발전과 더불어 스트레처블 태양광전지 기술이 개발되고 있다. 본 연구는 스트레처블 태양광전지에 대해 기술을 선도하는 국가나 기관을 파악하고 우리나라의 기술 수준은 어느 정도인지 분석하기 위하여, 특허 데이터를 기반으로 정량 분석을 수행하였다. 연구 결과, 스트레처블 태양광전지 기술은 전체 특허건수 1,747건 중에 48%를 차지하는 중국이 양적으로 우세한 것으로 나타났으며, 피인용도지수와 시장확보지수가 월등히 높은 미국이 질적으로 우수한 것으로 나타났다. 또한 상위 주요출원인 1~2위로 선정된 일본 국적의 화학물질 제조기업이 재료분야에서 기술을 선도하는 것으로 나타났다. 우리나라는 양적인 면과 질적인 면에서 모두 두각을 나타내지 못하고 있으며, 기업체의 참여도 저조하여 상업화 단계로 발전하지 못한 것으로 분석되었다. 단, 스트레처블 태양광전지 기술의 성장단계가 성숙기 단계로 진입하고 있고 기술 독점 여부가 낮은 것으로 나타났기 때문에, 선택과 집중을 통한 전략적인 연구개발 계획을 수립한다면 기회가 있다고 판단된다.

• Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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• v.30 no.3
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• pp.181-184
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• 2021

Interest in healthcare and wearable devices has been increasing recently. A strain sensor is required in various wearable devices. With respect to such devices, studies on resistance changes in strain sensors using flexible materials are in progress. However, the resistance of the rest area in a strain sensor should not change according to the applied strain. So, an electrode with resistance to stretching, bending, and torsion is required in such strain sensors. Tension, bending, and torsion can be realized through structural shape control, rather than by using flexible materials. Further, such an electrode that maintains electrical properties has been developed and manufactured. This electrode can be used in various applications such as foldable devices, e-papers, batteries, and multifunctional wearable devices.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• v.28 no.6
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• pp.791-798
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• 2021

Current investigation aims to analyze the characteristics of magnetohydrodynamic boundary layer flow of bioconvection Casson fluid in the presence of nano-size particles over a permeable and non-linear stretchable surface. Fluid passes through the Darcy-Forchheimer permeable medium. Effect of different parameter such as Darcy-Forchheimer, porosity parameter, magnetic parameter and Brownian factor are investigated. Increasing Brownian factor leads to the rapid random movement of nanosize particles in fluid flows which shows an expansion in thermal boundary layer and enhances the nanofluid temperature more rapidly. For large values of Darcy-Forchheimer, magnetic parameter and porosity factor the velocity profile decreases. Higher values of velocity slip parameter cause decreasing trend in momentum layer with velocity profile.

• Prospectives of Industrial Chemistry
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.23-39
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• 2020

4차 산업혁명의 초연결/초지능 사회가 현실화 되면서 모든 제품이 배터리에 연결되는 사물배터리(battery of things) 시대가 열리고 있다. 이에 따라 기존의 정형화된 에너지 저장 장치를 넘어 전자기기 각각에 걸맞은 스펙과 기능을 갖는 맞춤형 전지 개발이 화두이다. 특히 구부러지거나 변형될 수 있는 웨어러블 전자기기를 구동하기 위해서는 기계적인 변형에 안정한 에너지 저장 장치가 필요하다. 또한 다양한 기능(투명성, 전기변색, 자가치유형, 친환경 등)을 갖는 지능형 전자기기가 개발됨에 따라, 이와 동등한 기능을 갖는 에너지 저장 장치도 요구되고 있다. 나아가 각각 개발된 웨어러블/다기능성 전자기기와 에너지 저장 장치를 어떻게 통합시킬지에 대한 연구도 활발히 이루어지고 있다. 본 기고문에서는 기계적 안정성, 기존 소자와의 적합성, 나아가 신기능성까지 갖춘 차세대 다기능성 웨어러블 에너지 저장 장치를 소개하고 이를 위한 복합나노구조 합성 및 소자 디자인 전략에 관한 최근 연구 동향을 소개하고자 한다.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• v.58 no.4
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• pp.173-178
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• 2023

Recently, there has been a significant focus on the development of flexible and stretchable sensors, driven by advancements in electronic devices and the robotics industry. Among these sensors, tactile sensors stand out as the most actively researched, playing a crucial role in facilitating interaction between humans and electronic devices, particularly in robotics and medical applications. This study specifically involves the manufacturing of a capacitive tactile sensor using a relatively straightforward process and sensor structure. Natural rubber and Nitrile butadiene rubber, commonly employed in the rubber industry, were utilized. The dielectric material in the manufactured tactile sensor possesses a porous structure. Notably, the resulting tactile sensor demonstrated excellent sensitivity, approximately 1%/kPa, and exhibited the capability to detect pressures up to 212 kPa.

• Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.280-288
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• 2017

Nanocarbon base materials such as, graphene and graphene hybrid with high electrochemical performances have great deal of attention to investigate flexible, stretchable display and wearable electronics in order to develop portable and high efficient energy storage devices. Battery, fuel cell and supercapacitor are able to achieve those properties for flexible, stretchable and wearable electronics, especially the supercapacitor is a promise energy storage device due to their remarkable properties including high power and energy density, environment friendly, fast charge-discharge and high stability. In this study, we have fabricated flexible supercapacitor composed of graphene/conductive polymer composite which could improve its electrochemical performance. As a result, specific capacitance value of the flexible supercapacitor (unbent) was $198.5F\;g^{-1}$ which decreased to $128.3F\;g^{-1}$ (65% retention) after $500^{th}$ bending cycle.

• Science of Emotion and Sensibility
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.141-150
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• 2017

The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of the shape and attached position of E-textile-based stretchable sensors on motion-sensing performance and to investigate the requirements for the optimal structure of clothes for sensing limb motions. An experimental garment was prepared with different sensor shapes, and attachment positions. A child subject, wearing the experimental garment, performed arm and leg bending and extension motions at $60^{\circ}$, $90^{\circ}$ and $120^{\circ}$ motion angles, at a rate of 60 deg/sec. The changes in voltage triggered by the stretching and contracting of the fabric-sensor were measured, and an acceleration sensor was utilized to verify that the experimental motions were correctly performed. Dummy arms and legs of a child were manufactured to perform an identical test, in order to compare the dummy results with the actual human body experiment results. The analysis showed that the reproducibility and reliability of the rectangular sensor, showing uniform and stable were higher than those of the boat-shaped sensor, in both the dummy and the human body experiments. The attachment position of the sensor was more reproducible and reliable when placed on 4 cm below the elbow and knee joints in the dummy test, when placed in the joints of the elbow and knee, in children experiment. The appropriate shapes and attached positions of the sensor for sensing the motions were analyzed, and the results proved that motion-sensing of the human body is possible by utilizing flexible fabric-sensors integrated into clothes.

• Science of Emotion and Sensibility
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.129-138
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• 2021

This study aimed to determine the effects of the shape and attachment position of stretchable textile sensors coated with carbon nanotube on their performance when used to measure children's joint movements. Moreover, the child-safe requirements for fabric motion sensors are established. The child participants were advised to wear integrated clothing equipped with the sensors of various shapes (rectangular and boat-shaped) and attachment positions (at the knee and elbow joints or 4 cm below the joints). The voltage change induced by the elongation and contraction of the fabric sensors was determined for arm and leg flexion-extension motions at 60 deg/s (three measurements of 10 repeats each for 60°and 90°angles, for a total of 60 repetitions). Their dependability was determined by comparing the fabric motion sensors to the associated acceleration sensors. The experimental results indicate that the rectangular-shaped sensor affixed 4 cm below the joint is the most effective fabric motion sensor for measuring children's arm and leg motions. In this study, we designed a textile sensor capable of tracking children's joint motion and analyzed the sensor shape and attachment position on motion sensing clothing. We demonstrated that flexible fabric sensors integrated into garments may be used to detect the joint motions of the human body.