• 文献标题:   Laser-Induced Graphene Piezoresistive Sensors Synthesized Directly on Cork Insoles for Gait Analysis
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   CARVALHO AF, FERNANDES AJS, MARTINS R, FORTUNATO E, COSTA FM
  • 作者关键词:   cork, gait, laser #8208, induced graphene, pressure sensor, uv laser
  • 出版物名称:   ADVANCED MATERIALS TECHNOLOGIES
  • ISSN:   2365-709X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Aveiro
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1002/admt.202000630 EA NOV 2020
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

Monitorization of gait-related parameters is of the utmost importance to prevent complications in several diseases, ensuring affordable healthcare for the growing amount of chronic, lifestyle-related diseases and also for improving motion performance. Sensorized insoles allow to both pressure data and gait timings to be extracted non-intrusively in a point of care paradigm. Laser-induced graphene (LIG) offers a path to the integration of sensors in different kinds of materials, including cork, a common insole material. In this work, piezoresistive sensors are developed by providing conductivity to natural cork and agglomerate cork through the direct synthesis of LIG by UV irradiation. Highly isotropic conductive LIG regions with less than 100 omega sq(-1) are patterned and their piezoresistive response for up to 1132 kPa is assessed with sensitivities up to 0.02 kPa(-1). A low-cost prototype insole is devised and tested, proving the potential of this kind of functional cork as a green alternative for gait analysis platforms.