Journal
ADVANCED MATERIALS INTERFACES
Volume 9, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/admi.202101786
Keywords
human motion detection; injectable conductive hydrogels; packaged strain sensor; reusable sensors; sensor durability
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21801157]
- Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation [ZR2017BB054]
- Foundation of State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences) [ZR20210101, ZR20200101]
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This study presents a novel external packaging strategy for fabricating sandwich-like packaged hydrogel strain sensors, which consist of internal hydrogel conducting wires as sensing element and an external packaging hydrogel layer with good transparency and conformal adhesion to human skin. These sensors have the capability to detect large-scale and subtle human motions precisely and exhibit an enhanced lifespan and reusability.
Flexible strain sensors based on conductive hydrogels show great potential in wearable devices, electronic skins, and bioelectronics. However, hydrogels inevitably exhibit poor durability for long-term usage due to the water loss by evaporation. Herein, an external packaging strategy is demonstrated for fabricating sandwich-like packaged hydrogel strain sensors (PHSSs) through the combination of conductive hydrogel injection and subsequent packaging via a photopolymerization procedure. The as-prepared PHSS consists of two functional parts, internal hydrogel conducting wires exhibiting excellent linear strain sensing performance as sensing element and an external packaging hydrogel layer with good transparency and conformal adhesion to human skin. Thanks to these intriguing merits, the PHSS possesses the capability to detect both the large-scale and subtle human motions precisely. Particularly, compared to conventional naked hydrogel strain sensors, the lifespan of PHSS is proved to be remarkably enlarged benefiting from the protective effect of external packaging layer towards the embedded hydrogel sensing element. Besides, the swelling property of external packaging layer even after severe dehydration enables the sensor to be reusable. This work provides a new approach for the fabrication of flexible strain sensors with enhanced lifespan and good reusability.
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