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Self-powered electronic tongue

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Dual-sensory fusion, self-powered technology has the capability to analyse triboelectric signals between liquids and solids and to gather characteristics of unknown liquids, providing a powerful solution to effective and low-cost smart taste sensing for monitoring food quality and safety.

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We acknowledge financial support by the Basic Science Research Program (2022R1A3B1078291, Research Leader Program) through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grants funded by the Korean government (MSIT). S.-W.K. acknowledges the Yonsei World-Class Fellow Program funded by Y. J. Lee.

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  2. School of Advanced Materials Science and Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Republic of Korea

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