Tattoo conductive polymer nanosheets for skin-contact applications

Abstract

Conductive tattoo nanosheets are fabricated on top of decal transfer paper and transferred on target surfaces as temporary transfer tattoos. Circuits are patterned with ink-jet printing. Tattoo nanosheets are envisioned as unperceivable human-device interfaces because of conformal adhesion to complex surfaces including skin. They are tested as dry electrodes for surface electromyography (sEMG), which permits the control of a robotic hand.

Keywords: conducting polymeric nanofilms; conformable electronics; ink-jet; organic bioelectronics; tattoo.