A Supersensitive, Multidimensional Flexible Strain Gauge Sensor Based on Ag/PDMS for Human Activities Monitoring

For more comprehensive monitoring human state of motion, it is necessary to sense multidimensional stimulus information. In this paper, we reported a supersensitive flexible sensor based on Ag/PDMS composites with sensing abilities of strain and force. The fabrication method is simple and rapid, whi...

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Published in:Scientific reports 2020-03, Vol.10 (1), p.4639-4639, Article 4639
Main Authors: Li, Hui, Zhang, Jinjie, Chen, Jing, Luo, Zebang, Zhang, Jinyong, Alhandarish, Yousef, Liu, Qiuhua, Tang, Wei, Wang, Lei
Format: Article
Language:English
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Dimethylpolysiloxanes - chemistry
Human Activities
Humanities and Social Sciences
Humans
Motion
Motion detection
multidisciplinary
Nylons - chemistry
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Sensors
Silver
Silver - chemistry
Sound
Strain gauges
Tactile perception
Wearable Electronic Devices
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Summary:For more comprehensive monitoring human state of motion, it is necessary to sense multidimensional stimulus information. In this paper, we reported a supersensitive flexible sensor based on Ag/PDMS composites with sensing abilities of strain and force. The fabrication method is simple and rapid, which only need physically grinding the silver particles and mixing with liquid PDMS. The flexible sensor has excellent performances in multidimensional detection. The strain gauge factor can reach as high as 939 when it was stretched to 36%, and the minimum resolution for force detection is 0.02 N. The sensing characteristic of the sensors with different filling fraction and thickness were analyzed from the microscopic point of view. Multidimensional sensing abilities of flexible sensor have greatly expands its applications. We experimentally verified the Ag/PDMS based sensor in human body dynamic monitoring and sound detecting in real-time, which has shown great potential in motion recognition, haptic perception and soft robotics.
ISSN:2045-2322
2045-2322
DOI:10.1038/s41598-020-61658-z