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Ultrasensitive flexible magnetoelectric sensor

Authors :
Nana Yang
Hanzhou Wu
Shidong Wang
Guoliang Yuan
Ji Zhang
Oleg Sokolov
M. I. Bichurin
Ke Wang
Yaojin Wang
Source :
APL Materials, Vol 9, Iss 2, Pp 021123-021123-9 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
AIP Publishing LLC, 2021.

Abstract

Ever-evolving advances in flexible magnetic sensors are promising to fuel technological developments in the fields of touchless human–machine interaction, implantable medical diagnosis, and magnetoreception for artificial intelligence. However, the realization of highly flexible and extremely sensitive magnetic sensors remains a challenge. Here, we report a cost-effective, flexible, and ultra-sensitive heterostructural magnetoelectric (ME) sensor consisting of piezoelectric Pb(Zr0.52Ti0.48)O3 (PZT) thick films and Metglas foils. The flexible sensor exhibits a strong ME coefficient of 19.3 V cm−1 Oe−1 at low frequencies and 280.5 V cm−1 Oe−1 at resonance due to the exceptionally high piezoelectric coefficient d33 ∼ 72 pC N−1 of the constituent PZT thick films. The flexible ME sensor possesses not only ultrahigh sensitivities of 200 nT at low frequencies and 200 pT at resonance but also shows an excellent mechanical endurance. Through 5000 bending cycles (radii of ∼1 cm), the sensors showed no fatigue-induced performance degradation. This ultrasensitive flexible sensor provides a platform capable of sensing and responding to external magnetic fields and will find applications in soft robotics, wearable healthcare monitoring, and consumer electronics.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
2166532X
Volume :
9
Issue :
2
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
APL Materials
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.53e49e4466ef42e18021634d3182c3b6
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0039089