Applications of MXenes in human-like sensors and actuators

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Beitragende

Abstract

Human beings perceive the world through the senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, space, and balance. The first five senses are prerequisites for people to live. The sensing organs upload information to the nervous systems, including the brain, for interpreting the surrounding environment. Then, the brain sends commands to muscles reflexively to react to stimuli, including light, gas, chemicals, sound, and pressure. MXene, as an emerging two-dimensional material, has been intensively adopted in the applications of various sensors and actuators. In this review, we update the sensors to mimic five primary senses and actuators for stimulating muscles, which employ MXene-based film, membrane, and composite with other functional materials. First, a brief introduction is delivered for the structure, properties, and synthesis methods of MXenes. Then, we feed the readers the recent reports on the MXene-derived image sensors as artificial retinas, gas sensors, chemical biosensors, acoustic devices, and tactile sensors for electronic skin. Besides, the actuators of MXene-based composite are introduced. Eventually, future opportunities are given to MXene research based on the requirements of artificial intelligence and humanoid robot, which may induce prospects in accompanying healthcare and biomedical engineering applications. [Figure not available: see fulltext.]

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)5767-5795
Seitenumfang29
FachzeitschriftNano research
Jahrgang16
Ausgabenummer4
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Apr. 2023
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Externe IDs

Mendeley 3a72dbf3-e443-371c-9305-c92388472efc

Schlagworte

Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung

Schlagwörter

  • actuators, artificial retina, biosensors, gas sensors, MXenes, sensors, sound sensors, tactile sensors