Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 9, Issue 2, Pages 1770-1780Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b12415
Keywords
stretchable sensor; strain sensor; human motion detection; ionic liquid; viscoelastic effect
Funding
- Fundamental Research Program of Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS) [PNK4661]
- Civil & Military Technology Cooperation Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning [2013M3C1A9055407]
- KIST Institutional Program
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A highly stretchable, low-cost strain sensor was successfully prepared using an extremely cost-effective ionic liquid of ethylene glycol/sodium chloride. The hysteresis performance of the ionic-liquid-based sensor was able to be improved by introducing a wavy-shaped fluidic channel diminishing the hysteresis by the viscoelastic relaxation of elastomers. From the simulations on visco-hyperelastic behavior of the elastomeric channel, we demonstrated that the wavy structure can offer lower energy dissipation compared to a flat structure under a given deformation. The resistance response of the ionic-liquid-based wavy (ILBW) sensor was fairly deterministic with no hysteresis, and it was well-matched to the theoretically estimated curves. The ILBW sensors exhibited a low degree of hysteresis (0.15% at 250%), low overshoot (1.7% at 150% strain), and outstanding durability (3000 cycles at 300% strain). The ILBW sensor has excellent potential for use in precise and quantitative strain detections in various areas, such as human motion monitoring, healthcare, virtual reality, and smart clothes.
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