Issue 33/2014 - The world's first graphene rubber sensor is born in Ireland

The world's first graphene rubber sensor is born in Ireland

On August 19, the Science Foundation Ireland website reported that Irish scientists have invented a technology to incorporate graphene into rubber to make rubber conductive, thereby making rubber sensors
for wearable devices.
If a rubber band made of graphene rubber is embedded in clothing, it can detect the slightest activity of people such as breathing, pulse, blood pressure, etc.
, so it can be used to detect and warn of sudden infant death and adult sleep apnea, and can also be used for athlete motion monitoring and rehabilitation treatment
.
Professor Jonathan Coleman, the inventor of the technology, said that the technology has the advantages of simple manufacturing process and low cost, which provides the possibility for the large-scale production and application of wearable devices, and will have far-reaching changes
in medical and health fields.

The technique was developed in collaboration with the Irish Institute for Advanced Materials and Bioengineering (AMBER) in collaboration with the University of Surrey in the UK and funded
by Science Foundation Ireland.
Papers on the technique have been published
in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

(Ginger)