Characteristics of a pressure sensitive touch sensor using a piezoelectric PVDF-TrFE/MoS2 stack

Nanotechnology. 2013 Nov 29;24(47):475501. doi: 10.1088/0957-4484/24/47/475501. Epub 2013 Oct 31.

Abstract

A new touch sensor device has been demonstrated with molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) field effect transistors stacked with a piezoelectric polymer, polyvinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene (PVDF-TrFE). The performance of two device stack structures, metal/PVDF-TrFE/MoS2 (MPM) and metal/PVDF-TrFE/Al2O3/MoS2 (MPAM), were compared as a function of the thickness of PVDF-TrFE and Al2O3. The sensitivity of the touch sensor has been improved by two orders of magnitude by reducing the charge scattering and enhancing the passivation effects using a thin Al2O3 interfacial layer. Reliable switching behavior has been demonstrated up to 120 touch press cycles.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't