In recent years,flexible strain sensors have received considerable attention owing to their excellent flexibility and multifunctionality.However,it is still a great challenge for them to accurately monitor multi-model...In recent years,flexible strain sensors have received considerable attention owing to their excellent flexibility and multifunctionality.However,it is still a great challenge for them to accurately monitor multi-model deformations with high sensitivity and linearity.In this study,the industrial insulating silk habotai was successfully converted into carbonized silk habotai(CSH)for use in strain sensors.A strain sensor created using CSH exhibited excellent sensing performance under multi-model deformations,including stretching,twist and bending.The maximum tensile strain was 434%.The gauge factors were 14.6 in the wide tensile range of 0%–400%with a high linearity of 0.959.In addition,the CSH strain sensor exhibited an extremely fast response time(110 ms)and could accurately detect bending(0°–180°)and torsional(0°–180°)strains.High durability and repeatability were observed for the multi-model strains.Finally,a new type of smart pillow was developed to accurately record head movement and breathing during sleep.The sensor may also be used for auxiliary training in table tennis.The proposed CSH strain sensor has shown great potential for applications in smart devices and human-machine interactions.展开更多
基金financially supported in part by the Jiangsu Provincial Key Research and Development Program(No.BE2019045)in part by the Third-Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions+2 种基金in part by the Opening Project of National Engineering Laboratory for Modern Silk,Soochow University(No.SDGC2245)in part by the Postgraduate Research&Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province(No.KYCX21_2958)Qing Lan Project。
文摘In recent years,flexible strain sensors have received considerable attention owing to their excellent flexibility and multifunctionality.However,it is still a great challenge for them to accurately monitor multi-model deformations with high sensitivity and linearity.In this study,the industrial insulating silk habotai was successfully converted into carbonized silk habotai(CSH)for use in strain sensors.A strain sensor created using CSH exhibited excellent sensing performance under multi-model deformations,including stretching,twist and bending.The maximum tensile strain was 434%.The gauge factors were 14.6 in the wide tensile range of 0%–400%with a high linearity of 0.959.In addition,the CSH strain sensor exhibited an extremely fast response time(110 ms)and could accurately detect bending(0°–180°)and torsional(0°–180°)strains.High durability and repeatability were observed for the multi-model strains.Finally,a new type of smart pillow was developed to accurately record head movement and breathing during sleep.The sensor may also be used for auxiliary training in table tennis.The proposed CSH strain sensor has shown great potential for applications in smart devices and human-machine interactions.