Sheath–Core Graphite/Silk Fiber Made by Dry-Meyer-Rod-Coating for Wearable Strain Sensors

• Published in: ACS applied materials & interfaces Vol. 8; no. 32; pp. 20894 - 20899
• Main Authors: Zhang, Mingchao, Wang, Chunya, Wang, Qi, Jian, Muqiang, Zhang, Yingying
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 17.08.2016
• Subjects: electrical conductivity; graphene; humans; monitoring; nanomaterials; silk; flexible electronics; silk fiber; strain sensor; graphite flakes; sheath-core structure; dry-Meyer-rod-coating

Recent years have witnessed the explosive development of flexible strain sensors. Nanomaterials have been widely utilized to fabricate flexible strain sensors, because of their high flexibility and electrical conductivity. However, the fabrication processes for nanomaterials and the subsequent strai...