A flexible transparent colorimetric wrist strap sensor.

A flexible, transparent, and portable wrist strap sensor device has been well developed from a hierarchical polydiacetylene/MoS2 nanocomposite (PDA/MoS2) film. MoS2 with a nanoflake structure and chelation ability acts as a supporter for PDA films to enhance the porosity as well as the transparency of films, which increases the sensitivity, selectivity, and application potential of a PDA sensor. The PDA/MoS2 film sensor shows a linear detection range for N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) vapor from 0.01% to 4% with a visible blue to red color change detected by the naked eye, which is more sensitive than other organic vapors. Exploiting the high transparency, vivid color change, remarkable flexibility and reliability, a wearable wrist strap sensor device with visible DMF sensing ability is fabricated based on PDA/MoS2 films, indicating their great potential for smart wearable devices.

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