A Soft Wearable and Fully-Textile Piezoresistive Sensor for Plantar Pressure Capturing

The trends of wearable health monitoring systems have led to growing demands for gait-capturing devices. However, comfortability and durability under repeated stress are still challenging to achieve in existing sensor-enabled footwear. Herein, a flexible textile piezoresistive sensor (TPRS) consisting of a reduced graphene oxide (rGO)-cotton) fabric electrode and an Ag fabric circuit electrode is proposed. Based on the mechanical and electrical properties of the two fabric electrodes, the TPRS exhibits superior sensing performance, with a high sensitivity of 3.96 kPa-1 in the lower pressure range of 0–36 kPa, wide force range (0–100 kPa), fast response time (170 ms), remarkable durability stability (1000 cycles) and detection ability in different pressures ranges. For the prac-tical application of capturing plantar pressure, six TPRSs were mounted on a flexible printed circuit board and integrated into an insole. The dynamic plantar pressure distribution during walking was derived in the form of pressure maps. The proposed fully-textile piezoresistive sensor is a strong candidate for next-generation plantar pressure wearable monitoring devices.

A Soft Wearable and Full Textile Piezoresistive Sensor for Plantar Pressure Capturing

The trends of health wearable monitoring system have led to growing demands for gait capturing device. The comfortability and durability under repeated stress in the existing sensor-enabled footwear are still problems. Herein, a flexible textile piezoresistive sensor (TPRS) consisting of rG-cotton fabric electrode and Ag fabric circuit electrode is prepared. Based on the mechanical and electrical properties of two fabric electrodes, the TPRS exhibits superior sensing performance, which includes high sensitivity of 3.96kPa-1 in the lower pressure range of 0-36kPa, wide force range (0-800 kPa), fast response time (170 ms), remarkable durability stability (1000 cycles) and dection ability in differrent pressures. For practical application of capturing plantar pressure, six TPRSs are mounted on a flexible printed circuit board and integrated into an insole. The dynamic plantar pressure distribution is displayed through drawing the pressure maps during walking. The proposed full textile piezoresistive sensor is a strong candidate for next-generation plantar pressure wearables monitoring device.

DAMPAK RANGKAIAN SEL ELEKTRODA AL-C DALAM ELEKTROKIMIAUNTUK MENDEGRADASI LIMBAH TEKSTIL

IMPACT OF AL-C ELECTRODE CELL CIRCUIT IN ELECTROCHEMISTRY FOR TEXTILES WASTE DEGRADATION. The purpose of this study was to determine the impact circuit of Al-C electrode cell in electrochemical to degrade textile waste. To achieve these goals, 1) cells that were developed using 3 electrode by varying the electrochemical cell circuit such as: cell circuit 1(anode: Al-C series, cathode C), cell circuit 2 ( anode: Al-C parallel, cathode C), cell circuit 3(anode: Al-C series, cathode: Al), and cell circuit 4 ( anode: Al-C parallel, cathode: Al); 2) varying the electrode spacing, ie: 3, 6, 9 and 12 cm; and 3) varying the voltage, which is 3, 6, 9, and 13, 5 V. BOD, DO, COD, pH, and absorbance were measured before and after degradation in every varying cell circuit, electrode spacing, and voltage. The results showed: black textile waste, odor, COD 2540 mg / L, DO 0 mg / L, BOD 0 mg / L, pH 11, and the absorbance was 0.92. While best cells circuit is cell circuit 2 (anode: Al-C parallel and c in cathodes), best electrode spacing for processing textile waste is 3 cm, and the best voltage to degrade textile waste is 13.5 V. Key words: degradation, electrochemical, set of cells, textile waste Abstrak Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mengetahui dampak rangkaian sel elektroda Al-C dalam elektrokimia untuk mendegradasi limbah tekstil. Untuk mencapai tujuan tersebut, 1) sel yang dikembangkan menggunakan 3 elektroda dengan memvariasikan rangkaian sel elektrokimia yaitu: rangkaian 1 (anoda: Al-C seri, katoda C), rangkaian 2(anoda: Al-C paralel, katoda C), rangkaian 3( anoda: Al-C seri, katoda: Al), dan rangkaian 4( anoda: Al-C paralel, katoda: Al); 2) memvariasikan jarak elektroda, yaitu: 3,6, 9, dan 12 cm; dan 3) memvariasikan voltase, yaitu 3, 6, 9, dan 13, 5 V. BOD, DO, COD, pH dan absorbansi diukur sebelum dan sesudah degradasi pada setiap variasi rangkaian sel, jarak, dan voltase. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan: limbah tekstil berwarna hitam, berbau, COD 2540 mg/L, DO 0 mg/L, BOD 0 mg/L, pH 11, dan absorbansi 0,92. Sedangkan rangkaian sel yang paling baik adalah rangkaian sell 2 (anoda: Al-C parallel dan katoda: C), jarak elektroda terbaik untuk pengolahan limbah tekstil adalah 3 cm, dan voltase yang terbaik untuk mendegradasi limbah tekstil 13,5 V. Kata-kata kunci: degradasi, elektrokimia, limbah tekstil, rangkaian sel