Nature and Human-Inspired Sensing Devices

B10- Bioinspired Organic Materials and Devices for Sensing and Computing<br/><br/>Sensing systems provide timely¹ and requisite data for machines to operate in physical environments. Often, natural biological systems provide optimized concepts that could be applied to design and engineer artificial sensor systems. Novel organic-based materials can even provide self-healing capabilities to such sensor devices². In this talk, I will discuss our recent advances in nature- and human-inspired materials for designing high performance sensor devices^3,4. The exciting cross-disciplinary interplay of physical interfaces, materials chemistry and electronics become essential for optimizing sensitivity, linearity and speed for the sensor system.<br/><br/><br/><b>References </b><br/><br/><br/>1. Lee, W. W., Tan, Y. J., Yao, H., Li, S., See, H. H., Hon, M., Ng, K. A., Xiong, B., Ho, J. S., & Tee, B. C. K. (2019). A neuro-inspired artificial peripheral nervous system for scalable electronic skins. <i>Science Robotics</i>, <i>4</i>(32), eaax2198. https://doi.org/10.1126/scirobotics.aax2198<br/>2. Hashina Parveen Anwar Ali, Zichen Zhao, Yu Jun Tan, Wei Yao, Qianxiao Li, and Benjamin C. K. Tee, <i>ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces</i> <b>2022</b> <i>14</i> (46), 52486-52498, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c14543<br/>3. Cheng, W., Wang, X., Xiong, Z. et al. Frictionless multiphasic interface for near-ideal aero-elastic pressure sensing. Nat. Mater. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-023-01628-8<br/>4. Yao, H., Yang, W., Cheng, W., Tan, Y. J., See, H. H., Li, S., Ali, H. P. A., Lim, B. Z. H., Liu, Z., & Tee, B. C. K. (2020). Near–hysteresis-free soft tactile electronic skins for wearables and reliable machine learning. <i>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences</i>, 202010989. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2010989117