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Strain quantifies the deformation of a material under force, typically measured as normal strain, which represents the change in length when compared with the original length. Electrical strain gauges are used for enhanced accuracy. These devices consist of a conductive wire mounted on a paper backing that adheres to the material's surface. These gauges operate on the piezoresistive effect, where the wire's electrical resistance changes in response to mechanical deformation. The strain...

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Highly Sensitive and Stretchable Strain Sensor Based on Ag@CNTs.

Qiang Zhang¹, Lihua Liu², Dong Zhao³

¹MicroNano System Research Center, Key Laboratory of Advanced Transducers and Intelligent Control System of Ministry of Education and Shanxi Province & College of Information Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030600, China. zhangq0902@163.com.

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|December 7, 2017

Summary

This study introduces highly sensitive, stretchable temperature and strain sensors using silver nanoparticles coated carbon nanowires (Ag@CNT) within Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). The developed Ag@CNT sensors demonstrate excellent performance for electronic skin applications.

Keywords:

Ag@CNTs nanocomposites high sensitivity piezoresistive effect soft strain sensor

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Area of Science:

Materials Science
Nanotechnology
Sensor Technology

Background:

Electronic skin requires highly sensitive and stretchable sensors for advanced applications.
Carbon-based nanomaterials offer promising properties for sensor development.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and characterize highly sensitive and stretchable temperature and strain sensors.
To investigate the performance of sensors utilizing silver nanoparticles coated carbon nanowires (Ag@CNT) within a Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) matrix.

Main Methods:

Synthesis of Ag@CNT nanomaterials with varying silver concentrations.
Fabrication of sensors using Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and CNTs or Ag@CNTs via a template method.
Testing of electronic properties and piezoresistive effects of the fabricated sensors.

Main Results:

Sensors demonstrated excellent performance, with high gauge factors (GF).
A sensor with Ag@CNTs1 achieved a GF of 137.6 in the 0-17.3% strain range.
A sensor with Ag@CNTs2 exhibited perfect linearity and a GF of 14.9 over a 0-54.8% strain range.

Conclusions:

Ag@CNT nanomaterials significantly enhance the performance of stretchable sensors.
The developed sensors are suitable for integration into electronic skin due to their sensitivity and stretchability.
Further optimization of Ag@CNT concentration can tune sensor performance for specific applications.