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Local pattern growth of carbon nanomaterials on flexible polyimide films using laser scribing and its sensor application

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A gas detection system that monitors harmful gases is critical for the preservation of the global environment and human health. Owing to the increased interest in flexible devices for various types of wearable applications as future electronics, the development of materials and substrates for flexible gas sensing platforms has also accelerated significantly. In this regard, carbon nanomaterials have been extensively investigated as gas sensing materials due to their superior physicochemical properties, gas adsorption/desorption behavior, and conductivity due to their high specific surface area. However, they are difficult to apply as flexible devices because the high-temperature heat treatment is inefficient in terms of cost and process time, and the prepared materials become rigid after carbonization. As a result, we used a laser-assisted chemical vapor deposition (CVD) system in this study to fabricate laser-scribed carbon nanomaterials (LSC) for flexible gas sensor applications at a lower cost and in a shorter time frame than conventional high-temperature heat treatment approaches. A polyimide (PI) film was used as the carbonization precursor and substrate, resulting in the fabrication of a flexible sensor without the use of a carbon nanomaterial separation process after synthesis. The synthesized material has a stereoscopic 3D structure, which is advantageous for sensing target gas, and responds to polarized molecules such as acetone, nitrogen dioxide, and ammonia by changing its electrical resistance.

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This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant, funded by the Korea government (MSIT) (No. 2019R1A2C1009963). And also this research supported by Global Research Development Center Program (No. 2018K1A4A3A01064272) and Basic Science Research Program (No. 2021R1A4A1031900) through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT).

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    Yong-il Ko, Min Jae Kim, Dong Yun Lee, Jungtae Nam & Keun Soo Kim

  2. Department of Electrical Engineering, Semyung University, Jecheon, 27136, Republic of Korea

    A-Rang Jang

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Ko, Yi., Kim, M.J., Lee, D.Y. et al. Local pattern growth of carbon nanomaterials on flexible polyimide films using laser scribing and its sensor application. J. Korean Phys. Soc. 81, 330–337 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40042-022-00551-6

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