Journal
SENSORS
Volume 21, Issue 7, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/s21072531
Keywords
strain sensor; elastic band; woven fabric; pre-crack generation; single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs); silver pastes; e-textile
Funding
- National Research Foundation of Korea - Korea Government (MSIT) [NRF-2019R1A2C2005933]
- Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (KIAT) - Korea Government (MOTIE) [P0002397]
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A highly sensitive textile-based strain sensor was fabricated using a dip-coat-stretch approach, demonstrating outstanding sensitivity, stability, and durability, with the capability to detect detailed finger angles and cyclic finger motions. The excellent elasticity and woven structure of the fabric substrate effectively generate and propagate prebuilt cracks for enhanced sensor performance.
Flexible strain sensors are receiving a great deal of interest owing to their prospective applications in monitoring various human activities. Among various efforts to enhance the sensitivity of strain sensors, pre-crack generation has been well explored for elastic polymers but rarely on textile substrates. Herein, a highly sensitive textile-based strain sensor was fabricated via a dip-coat-stretch approach: a polyester woven elastic band was dipped into ink containing single-walled carbon nanotubes coated with silver paste and pre-stretched to generate prebuilt cracks on the surface. Our sensor demonstrated outstanding sensitivity (a gauge factor of up to 3550 within a strain range of 1.5-5%), high stability and durability, and low hysteresis. The high performance of this sensor is attributable to the excellent elasticity and woven structure of the fabric substrate, effectively generating and propagating the prebuilt cracks. The strain sensor integrated into firefighting gloves detected detailed finger angles and cyclic finger motions, demonstrating its capability for subtle human motion monitoring. It is also noteworthy that this novel strategy is a very quick, straightforward, and scalable method of fabricating strain sensors, which is extremely beneficial for practical applications.
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