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Glycine-based Flexible Biocompatible Piezoelectric Pressure Sensor for Healthcare Applications
  This work presents biocompatible flexible piezoelectric composite fabricated by self-assembly of amino acid glycine molecules inside natural chitosan polymer. Piezoelectric composite film consists of glycine spherulite structure embedded in chitosan matrix. The x-ray diffraction confirms the crystallization of stable β-glycine inside the composite and hence its piezoelectric nature. As a result, a simple solvent-casting technique have been used to fabricate the biodegradable composite of β-glycine/chitosan with significant piezoelectric response. We show that the piezoelectric sensor can precisely measure pressure in the range of 0-40 kPa with sensitivity of ∼4.7 mV kPa−1. The devices based on bio-based functional material such as glycine offer huge potential for disposable wearable health applications such as monitoring the pressure in a compression bandage.

  • Date:

    30 October 2020

  • Publication Status:

    Published

  • Publisher

    IEEE

  • DOI:

    10.1109/fleps49123.2020.9239575

  • Cross Ref:

    10.1109/fleps49123.2020.9239575

  • Funders:

    Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council; European Commission

Citation

Hosseini, E. S., Manjakkal, L., Shakthivel, D., & Dahiya, R. (2020). Glycine-based Flexible Biocompatible Piezoelectric Pressure Sensor for Healthcare Applications. In 2020 IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems (FLEPS). https://doi.org/10.1109/fleps49123.2020.9239575

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Keywords

Flexible Electronics, Biocompatible Materials, Piezoelectric, Glycine, Pressure Sensor

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