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High-Sensitivity GNPs/PDMS Flexible Strain Sensor with a Microdome Array

Journal

ACS APPLIED ELECTRONIC MATERIALS
Volume 4, Issue 9, Pages 4576-4587

Publisher

AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsaelm.2c00782

Keywords

graphene nanoplatelets; PDMS; microstructure array; strain sensor; health monitoring

Funding

  1. Key Program of Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning Province of China [20170520019]

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In this research, a flexible strain sensor was developed using polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and graphene nano-platelets (GNPs) as the substrates and conductive layers. The sensor exhibited excellent resistance response and stability in different strain ranges, making it suitable for applications in electronic skin, wearable electronic devices, and component health monitoring.
In this research, polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and graphene nano-platelets (GNPs) were used as flexible substrates and conductive layers. A facile and template transfer method combined with a low-cost solution-spraying process was adopted to prepare the microdome array GNPs/PDMS flexible strain sensor. The microdome array produces different degrees of in-plane deformation and the gradient distribution of the GNP conductive network on the surface during stretching. This affects the contact effect between the adjacent cells of the GNP conductive network on the film surface in different strain ranges, thereby realizing a sensitive resistance response. The strain sensor of the microdome array GNPs/PDMS exhibits excellent gauge factors (GF) of 8.98 (0.26% < epsilon < 20%), 18.31 (20% < epsilon < 43%), and 34.57 (43% < epsilon < 60%), the highest of which is 8 times higher than that of the planar GNPs/PDMS strain sensor without a microdome array. In addition, the material exhibits remarkable stability and durability (10 000 cycles), fast response time (125 ms), and stable relative frequency/ strain sensing performance. Finally, the strain sensors of the microdome array GNPs/ PDMS were packaged for various application tests, showing broad application prospects in electronic skin, wearable electronic devices, and component health monitoring.

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