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Strain Sensing Based on Multiscale Composite Materials Reinforced with Graphene Nanoplatelets
Published on: November 7, 2016
An ultrasensitive strain sensor with a wide strain range based on graphene armour scales
Yi-Fan Yang1, Lu-Qi Tao, Yu Pang
1Institute of Microelectronics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China. imewuxm@tsinghua.edu.cn yiyang@tsinghua.edu.cn RenTL@tsinghua.edu.cn.
Abstract:
An ultrasensitive strain sensor with a wide strain range based on graphene armour scales is demonstrated in this paper. The sensor shows an ultra-high gauge factor (GF, up to 1054) and a wide strain range (ε = 26%), both of which present an advantage compared to most other flexible sensors. Moreover, the sensor is developed by a simple fabrication process. Due to the excellent performance, this strain sensor can meet the demands of subtle, large and complex human motion monitoring, which indicates its tremendous application potential in health monitoring, mechanical control, real-time motion monitoring and so on.
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