Affiliation:
1. State Key Laboratory of Transducer Technology Aerospace Information Research Institute Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
2. School of Electronic Electrical and Communication Engineering University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
3. College of Materials Sciences and Opto‐Electronic Technology University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
Abstract
AbstractIn recent years, there is a meteoric rise in the prevalence of electronic wearables, and flexible wearables have attracted tremendous attention in human–machine interfaces due to their high biocompatibility, functionality, conformability, and low‐cost. Flexible magnetic smart skin is part of this rapidly progressing field of flexible wearable electronics, which has paved the way for a new path for human perceptual development, as they may form a new perception, also known as magnetic sense, that is, the capacity to detect and interact with magnetic fields. In this review, the concept of the magnetic smart skin is defined: magnetoelastomers and flexible magnetic sensors. In magnetoelastomers, different sources of magnetic field, structures, and applications are summarized by recent and renowned research. In flexible magnetic sensors, different flexible substrates, sensor types, and applications are also summarized. This review further concludes by discussing the outlook and current challenges of magnetic smart skin in human–machine interfaces.
Funder
National Key Research and Development Program of China
Beijing Municipal Natural Science Foundation
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Subject
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials