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Flexible paper-based piezo-resistive sensor functionalized by MoS2 nanosheets

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In the field of wearable electronic devices, flexible sensors based on two-dimensional layered materials have received a great deal of attention owing to high mechanical strength and stable chemical composition. The cellulose-based paper-substrate offers an affordable and bio-compatible device configuration for the fabrication of flexible, light weight and wearable strain or pressure sensors. Herein, we demonstrate the high-yield synthesis of atomically thin MoS2 nanosheets by sono-chemical exfoliation technique and fabrication of the paper based piezoresistive pressure sensor. Highly sensitive and large area MoS2 functionalized pressure sensor are fabricated using the readily available tissue papers and tested in pressure range 2–25 kPa. Owing to optimized device structure, the responsivity and pressure sensitivity of piezoresistive sensor are found to be about 555.2% and 0.638 kPa−1, respectively. The nicely coated MoS2 nanosheets on tiny-threads of tissues papers offers the retention of the device performance even after few hundreds of cycles of loading and unloading. The device also shows the similar pressure sensitivity even after 10 months in ambient environment due to environmental stability of the MoS2 nanosheets.

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Sanjay A. Bhakhar is grateful to Scheme of Developing High Quality Research (SHODH, Ref No: 202001640008).

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This study was supported by SHODH (Grant Number: Ref No: 202001640008).

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  1. Department of Physics, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar, 388120, India

    Sanjay A. Bhakhar, Nashreen F. Patel, Badal Chauhan & G. K. Solanki

  2. Department of applied science & Humanities (Physics), PIT, Parul University, Vadodara, Gujarat, 391760, India

    Mohit Tannarana

  3. Department of Physical Science, P. D. Patel Institute of Applied Sciences, CHARUSAT, Changa, 388421, India

    Pratik M. Pataniya

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SB: Conceptualization, Material preparation, data collection Investigation, Formal analysis, Writing—Original Draft. MT: Investigation, Methodology. PMP: investigation and data analysis. NFP: investigation and editing. BLC: investigation and editing. GKS: Resources, Project administration, Supervision. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Bhakhar, S.A., Tannarana, M., Pataniya, P.M. et al. Flexible paper-based piezo-resistive sensor functionalized by MoS2 nanosheets. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 34, 994 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-023-10319-8

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