JOURNAL ARTICLE

A highly stretchable strain sensor based on electrospun carbon nanofibers for human motion monitoring

Yichun DingJack YangCharles R. TolleZhengtao Zhu

Year: 2016 Journal:   RSC Advances Vol: 6 (82)Pages: 79114-79120   Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry

Abstract

A highly stretchable and sensitive strain sensor assembled by embedding a free-standing electrospun carbon nanofibers (CNFs) mat in a polyurethane (PU) matrix shows a fast, stable, and reproducible response to strain up to 300%.

Keywords:
Materials science Nanofiber Polyurethane Carbon nanofiber Electrospinning Strain (injury) Composite material Embedding Carbon nanotube Matrix (chemical analysis) Carbon fibers Nanotechnology Polymer Computer science

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