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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2018
President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, MA (US);
Yecheng Wang, Cambridge, MA (US);
Kun Jia, Allston, MA (US);
Canhui Yang, Somerville, MA (US);
Guoyong Mao, Zhejiang, CN;
Zhigang Suo, Lexington, MA (US);
President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
A stretchable temperature sensor includes one or more elastomeric ionic conducting layers; at least two electronic conducting elements, wherein the one or more ionic conducting layers and one or more electronic conducting elements are configured and arranged to provide at least one electrical double layer at a first contact area between the ionic conducting layer and a first electronic conducting element in a sensing end and at least one electrical double layer at a contact area between the ionic conducting layer and a second electronic conducting element in an open end of the temperature sensor; wherein the second electronic conducting element provides a connection at the open end to an external circuit for measuring a signal generated in response to a temperature condition at the sensing end.