Carbon based nanomaterials such as carbon nanotube and graphene have attractive more and more attention due to their unique physical and chemical properties. As flexible conducting films, thesematerials present unprecedented great performance in electronic components and flexible nanodevices.  

Recently, Professor Ting Zhang’ group, from Suzhou Institute of Nanotech and Nanobionics of Chinese Academy of Sciences (SINANO.CAS), made great research progress in carbon based nanomaterials for flexible/stretchable electronics and their applications in wearable smart systems. They successfully prepared high-quality carbon nanomaterials based free-standing ultrathin films, and demonstrated their applications in flexible gas sensors, artificial electronic skins, and flexible non-contact sensing devices, which were widely considered to be the most important components for the next generation of wearable/attachable electronic system. Their breakthrough research has resulted in three papers published in J. Mater. Chem. (2012, 22, 21824-21827, Back Cover), Advanced Materials (2014, 26, 1336-1342, Cover), and the upcoming issues in Advanced Materials (DOI: 10.1002/adma.201404069, Inside Cover). 

Figure. Flexible gas sensors(J.Mater.Chem., 2012, 22, 21824-21827；Back Cover), artificial electronic skins(Advanced Materials, 2014, 26, 1336-1342; Cover), flexible non-contact sensing devices(Advanced Materials, DOI: 10.1002/adma.201404069; Inside Cover).  

(Information Source: Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, CAS)