Non-oxidized graphene/elastomer composite films for wearable strain and pressure sensors with ultra-high flexibility and sensitivity

Qingshi Meng; Zhiwen Liu; Rui Cai; Shaowei  Lu; Tianqing  Liu

doi:10.1002/pat.4760

Non-oxidized graphene/elastomer composite films for wearable strain and pressure sensors with ultra-high flexibility and sensitivity

Qingshi Meng, Zhiwen Liu, Rui Cai, Shaowei Lu, Tianqing Liu

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Abstract

It remains challenging to prepare wearable strain and pressure sensors with excellent mechanical properties, ultra-high flexibility and sensitivity. Electrically conductive graphene platelets (GnPs) with high structural integrity are used in making a composite film fabricated using robust fabrication techniques. The gauge factor for the strain is up to 100 at 0-5% strain and 50 at 5%-30% strain, and the sensitivity to pressure is 2.7×10-2 kPa-1 between 0-10 kPa and 1.5×10-4 kPa-1 between 300-1000 kPa. In addition, the flexible sensor demonstrates good repeatability and durability after 1000 cycles of tensile and compression tests. The flexible sensor has fast response ability and a wide operating temperature range, suggesting the excellent response to temperature. The flexible sensor is applied in monitoring several human motions as a wearable device with high accuracy. The ability to detect strain, pressure and temperature of the flexible sensor extends its applications to multifunctional wearable devices.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	214-225
Number of pages	12
Journal	Polymers for Advanced Technologies
Volume	31
Issue number	2
Early online date	12 Nov 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/pat.4760
Publication status	Published - Feb 2020

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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Meng, Q, Liu, Z, Cai, R, Lu, S & Liu, T 2020, 'Non-oxidized graphene/elastomer composite films for wearable strain and pressure sensors with ultra-high flexibility and sensitivity', Polymers for Advanced Technologies, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 214-225, which has been published in final form at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/pat.4760. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.

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National Natural Science Foundation of China (51973123), Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning Province-China (2019-MS-256), Aeronautical Science Foundation of China (2018ZF54036) and China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2019M651151). Dr. Tianqing Liu is supported by NHMRC Early Career Fellowship (1112258).

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Graphene
Composite films
Flexible conductor

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