• 文献标题:   Highly sensitive graphene platelets and multi-walled carbon nanotube-based flexible strain sensor for monitoring human joint bending
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LU SW, MA JC, MA KM, WANG XQ, WANG S, YANG XD, TANG HL
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  • 出版物名称:   APPLIED PHYSICS AMATERIALS SCIENCE PROCESSING
  • ISSN:   0947-8396 EI 1432-0630
  • 通讯作者地址:   SAU
  • 被引频次:   8
  • DOI:   10.1007/s00339-019-2765-8
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

In this paper, we report the fabrication of a high-sensitivity strain sensor fabricated using graphene platelets (GnPs) and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) for monitoring joint-bending movement. The optimized ultrasonic time and the ball mill-mixing process make the GnPs disperse evenly in the MWCNTs. The strain sensor made up of the GnP/MWCNT mixture (30wt% GnPs loading) is fabricated by a spray-method and its conductivity is up to 10(4)S/m. The as-prepared GnP/MWCNT sensor exhibits relatively high tensile strength of 5.4MPa, sensing range of 7.5%, gauge factor of 181.36, linearity of 99.545%, and great bending reproducibility over 5000 cycles. These remarkable features endow our sensing devices to monitor joint bending in human health monitoring, e.g., elbow, finger and wrist bending. The results demonstrate that our flexible GnP/MWCNT sensor shows promising applications prospects in smart wearable device monitoring human health.