articleAdvanced Functional MaterialsNov 2, 2016Closed access

Carbonized Cotton Fabric for High‐Performance Wearable Strain Sensors

China University of Geosciences (Beijing) · Tsinghua University

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Abstract

Recent years have witnessed the booming development of flexible strain sensors. To date, it is still a great challenge to fabricate strain sensors with both large workable strain range and high sensitivity. Cotton is an abundant supplied natural material composed of cellulose fibers and has been widely used for textiles and clothing. In this work, the fabrication of highly sensitive wearable strain sensors based on commercial plain weave cotton fabric, which is the most popular fabric for clothes, is demonstrated through a low‐cost and scalable process. The strain sensors based on carbonized cotton fabric exhibit fascinating performance, including large workable strain range (>140%), superior sensitivity…

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Keywords
  • Materials science
  • Fabrication
  • Strain (injury)
  • Gauge factor
  • Textile
  • Wearable computer
  • Wearable technology
  • Nanotechnology
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