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Nonmonotonic piezoresistive fibers tuned towards biomechanical sensing

Journal

MATERIALS & DESIGN
Volume 205, Issue -, Pages -

Publisher

ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2021.109715

Keywords

Piezoresistance; Strain sensor; Carbon nanotubes; Nonmonotonic; Fibers

Funding

  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [52073047, 51733002]
  2. Program of Shanghai Academic/Technology Research Leader [20XD1433700]
  3. International Cooperation Fund of the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality [20520740800]
  4. Innovation Program of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission [201701070003E00055]
  5. State Key Laboratory of BioFibers and EcoTextiles, Qingdao University [K201911]
  6. China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2020 M670946]
  7. University Scientific Research Project of Jiangsu Province [19KJB430005]

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This study presents wet spun nanocomposite fibers based on PEBA and MWCNT, showing differential sensitivity under uniaxial loading, with nonmonotonic piezoresistance triggered by yielding of polymer segments.
Tuning nonmonotonic piezoresistive materials to detect motions within certain strain limits remains an open challenge. In addition, the origin of this unusual form of piezoresistance is still not properly understood especially for semi conducting polymer nanocomposites containing carbon nanotubes. In this work, we report wet spun nanocomposite fibers based on Poly (ether-block-amide) (PEBA) and multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) that show differential sensitivity under uniaxial loading. This nonmonotonic piezoresistance is triggered by yielding of polymer segments which later influences the interaction between the embedded MWCNT at higher draw ratios. We confirmed this observation by correlating the stress-strain curve with the resistance-strain response and further studied its influence on the strain sensing phenomena of PEBA / MWCNT fibers. Moreover, pre-stretched fibers at draw ratios slightly above the yield point produced stable and reproducible sensing signals after applying them as biomechanical sensors for motions associated with small bending radii such as finger-wagging. (c) 2021 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

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