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Stretchable and Wearable Sensors for Contact Touch and Gesture Recognition Based on Poling-Free Piezoelectric
Kaituo Wu1, Wanli Zhang1, Qian Zhang1
1State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China.
Abstract:
Human-computer interaction (HCI) enables communication between humans and computers, which is widely applied in various fields such as consumer electronics, education, medical rehabilitation, and industrial control. Human motion monitoring is one of the most important methods of achieving HCI. In the present work, a novel human motion monitoring sensor for contact touch and gesture recognition is fabricated based on polyester elastomer (PTE) synthesized from diols and diacids, with both piezoelectric and triboelectric properties. The PTE sensor can respond to contacted and contactless me-chemical signals by piezoelectric and triboelectric responding, respectively, which enables simultaneous touch control and gesture recognition. In addition, the PTE sensor presents high stretchability with elongation at break over 1000% and high durability over 4000 impact cycles, offering significant potential for consumer electronics and wearable devices.
