articleAdvanced Intelligent SystemsJun 11, 2020GOLD OA

Wearable and Stretchable Strain Sensors: Materials, Sensing Mechanisms, and Applications

University of Auckland · Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems · +4 more institutions

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Abstract

Recent advances in the design and implementation of wearable resistive, capacitive, and optical strain sensors are summarized herein. Wearable and stretchable strain sensors have received extensive research interest due to their applications in personalized healthcare, human motion detection, human–machine interfaces, soft robotics, and beyond. The disconnection of overlapped nanomaterials, reversible opening/closing of microcracks in sensing films, and alteration of the tunneling resistance have been successfully adopted to develop high‐performance resistive‐type sensors. On the other hand, the sensing behavior of capacitive‐type and optical strain sensors is largely governed by their geometrical changes…

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Keywords
  • Wearable computer
  • Capacitive sensing
  • Resistive touchscreen
  • Wearable technology
  • Materials science
  • Computer science
  • Linearity
  • Sensitivity (control systems)
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