Designed to Fail: Flexible, Anisotropic Silver Nanorod Sheets for Low-Cost Wireless Activity Monitoring

We describe the fabrication and properties of flexible, anisotropic silver nanorod sheets and investigate their potential to function as a sensor. Aligned and tilted silver nanorod (AgNR) arrays are incorporated into polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) to form flexible conductive sheets. The electrical properties of these sheets are investigated and show large anisotropies, which are related to the alignment direction of the nanorods. Notably, the films...