journal article·2022-03

Highly Durable and Stretchable Ti3C2Tx/PPy‐Fabric‐Based Strain Sensor for Human‐Motion Detection

Kun Yang, Haonan Cheng, Bo Wang, Yongsong Tan, Ting Ye, Yongqiang Yang, Chaoxia Wang

Advanced Materials Technologies· Volume 7· Issue 3
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Abstract

Abstract Flexible, stretchable, and wearable fabric strain sensors can easily detect human motions and monitor human health, but their utility is limited by poor stability and sensing performance. The stability and sensing performances of the fabric strain sensors are invariably determined by the fabric and conductive materials. Here, a Ti3C2Tx/polypyrrole (PPy) nylon strain sensor is fabricated using a facile one‐step polymerization of pyrrole (Py) monomers in the presence of Ti3C2Tx suspension at 0 °C. The Ti3C2Tx nanosheets/PPy nanospheres heterostructure adhered to the nylon substrate inhibits mutual agglomeration and stacking, which provides more electron transfer pathways. The nylon substrate and two conductive materials endow the sensor with excellent stretchability (50%), low resistance (80 Ω cm−1), fast response (40 ms), and recovery (70 ms), a wide sensing range (0–50%), and long‐term sensing function (2000 cycles). With these virtues, the prepared Ti3C2Tx/PPy nylon sensor can monitor human activities effectively, including joint bending (finger, elbow, and knee) and subtle motions (carotid pulse, slight pressing, and speaking vibrations). The flexible and highly conductive Ti3C2Tx/PPy strain sensor exhibits a promising sensing performance against the external strain, allowing it to be used in health‐care monitoring.
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OpenAlex topics: Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials · MXene and MAX Phase Materials · Conducting polymers and applications

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Affiliations

College of Textile Science and Engineering Key Laboratory of Eco‐Textile Ministry of Education Jiangnan University Wuxi 214122 P. R. China

National Graphene Products Quality Supervision and Inspection Center (Jiangsu) Jiangsu Province Special Equipment Safety Supervision Inspection Institute Branch of Wuxi Yanxin Road 330 Wuxi 214174 P. R. China

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China · Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities

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