A flexible pressure sensor based on rGO/polyaniline wrapped sponge with tunable sensitivity for human motion detection

Nanoscale ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (21) ◽  
pp. 10033-10040 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gang Ge ◽  
Yichen Cai ◽  
Qiuchun Dong ◽  
Yizhou Zhang ◽  
Jinjun Shao ◽  
...  

High-performance stretchable and wearable electronic skins (E-skins) with high sensitivity and a large sensing range are urgently required with the rapid development of the Internet of things and artificial intelligence.

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (23) ◽  
pp. 6748
Author(s):  
Xinran Zhou ◽  
Kaushik Parida ◽  
Oded Halevi ◽  
Shlomo Magdassi ◽  
Pooi See Lee

With the rapid development of wearable electronic systems, the need for stretchable nanogenerators becomes increasingly important for autonomous applications such as the Internet-of-Things. Piezoelectric nanogenerators are of interest for their ability to harvest mechanical energy from the environment with its inherent polarization arising from crystal structures or molecular arrangements of the piezoelectric materials. In this work, 3D printing is used to fabricate a stretchable piezoelectric nanogenerator which can serve as a self-powered sensor based on synthesized oxide–polymer composites.


Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (16) ◽  
pp. 4406
Author(s):  
Marco Fortunato ◽  
Irene Bellagamba ◽  
Alessio Tamburrano ◽  
Maria Sabrina Sarto

The high demand for multifunctional devices for smart clothing applications, human motion detection, soft robotics, and artificial electronic skins has encouraged researchers to develop new high-performance flexible sensors. In this work, we fabricated and tested new 3D squeezable Ecoflex® open cell foams loaded with different concentrations of graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) in order to obtain lightweight, soft, and cost-effective piezoresistive sensors with high sensitivity in a low-pressure regime. We analyzed the morphology of the produced materials and characterized both the mechanical and piezoresistive response of samples through quasi-static cyclic compression tests. Results indicated that sensors infiltrated with 1 mg of ethanol/GNP solution with a GNP concentration of 3 mg/mL were more sensitive and stable compared to those infiltrated with the same amount of ethanol/GNP solution but with a lower GNP concentration. The electromechanical response of the sensors showed a negative piezoresistive behavior up to ~10 kPa and an opposite trend for the 10–40 kPa range. The sensors were particularly sensitive at very low deformations, thus obtaining a maximum sensitivity of 0.28 kPa−1 for pressures lower than 10 kPa.


2019 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 423-434 ◽  
Author(s):  
MB Azizkhani ◽  
Sh Rastgordani ◽  
A. Pourkamali Anaraki ◽  
J Kadkhodapour ◽  
B Shirkavand Hadavand

Tuning the electromechanical performance in piezoresistive composite strain sensors is primarily attained through appropriately employing the materials system and the fabrication process. High sensitivity along with flexibility in the strain sensing devices needs to be met according to the application (e.g. human motion detection, health and sports monitoring). In this paper, a highly stretchable and sensitive strain sensor with a low-cost fabrication is proposed which is acquired by embedding the chopped carbon fibers sandwiched in between silicone rubber layers. The electrical and mechanical features of the sensor were characterized through stretch/release loading tests where a considerably high sensitivity (the gauge factor about 100) was observed with very low hysteresis. This implies high strain reversibility (i.e. full recovery in each cycle) over 700 loading cycles. Moreover, the sensors exhibited ultra-high stretchability (up to ∼300% elongation) in addition to a low stiffness meaning minimal mechanical effects induced by the sensor for sensitive human motion monitoring applications including large and small deformations. The results suggest the promising capability of the present sensor in reflecting the human body motion detection.


2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (17) ◽  
pp. 19874-19881 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuaitao Yang ◽  
Chengwei Li ◽  
Xiyu Chen ◽  
Yongpeng Zhao ◽  
Hao Zhang ◽  
...  

Nanoscale ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (45) ◽  
pp. 17948-17956 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoliang Fang ◽  
Jianpin Tan ◽  
Yang Gao ◽  
Yongfeng Lu ◽  
Fuzhen Xuan

Strain sensors based on fragmented carbonized melamine sponges can detect various large and subtle human body motions.


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