• 文献标题:   Highly Sensitive Piezoresistive Graphene-Based Stretchable Composites for Sensing Applications
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   COSTA P, GONCALVES S, MORA H, CARABINEIRO SAC, VIANA JC, LANCEROSMENDEZ S
  • 作者关键词:   graphenebased material, thermoplastic elastomer, nano composite, piezoresistive, smart material, multifunctional material
  • 出版物名称:   ACS APPLIED MATERIALS INTERFACES
  • ISSN:   1944-8244 EI 1944-8252
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Minho
  • 被引频次:   7
  • DOI:   10.1021/acsami.9b19294
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

Nanocarbonaceous materials with specific geometries and physicochemical properties allow the development of high-performance polymer-based smart composite materials. Among them, chemical treatments of graphene allow tailoring its electrical conductivity and, therefore, tuning functional response of materials for sensing applications. Polymer-based nanocomposites have been developed from styrene ethylene butylene styrene (SEBS), a high deformation thermoplastic elastomer, and different graphene-based fillers, including graphene oxide (GO), reduced graphene oxide (rGO), and graphene nanoplatelets (G-NPLs). It is shown that the electrical conductivity shows a percolation threshold around 2 wt % for GO and rGO, remaining nearly independent of the filler content for G-NPL filler contents up to 6 wt %. Furthermore, GO/SEBS and rGO/SEBS composites show high piezoresistive sensibility with gauge factors ranging from 15 up to 120 for strains up to 10%. Thus, GO/SEBS and rGO/SEBS composites can represent a new generation of materials for strain sensor applications, as demonstrated in their implementation in a hand glove prototype with finger movement monitoring.