Stretchable Electronics: A Stretchable Electronic Fabric Artificial Skin with Pressure-, Lateral Strain-, and Flexion-Sensitive Properties (Adv. Mater. 4/2016).

A new type of wearable electronic fabric based on helical- and coaxial-structure designs is fabricated for artificial skin application by S.-H. Yu and co-workers, as described on page 722. The combination of the helical and coaxial structures endows the fabric with high stretchability. This electronic fabric, with only one kind of sensor unit, can simultaneously map and quantify the mechanical stresses induced by normal pressure, lateral strain, and flexion.