Conductive Film with Flexible and Stretchable Capability for Sensor Application and Stealth Information Transmission

Yi-Fei Shan; Kun Yang; Zhi-Xi Li; Xiao-Xiao Wang; Hao Li; Yong-Yan Cui

doi:10.1007/s10118-020-2483-x

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Conductive Film with Flexible and Stretchable Capability for Sensor Application and Stealth Information Transmission

ARTICLE | Updated：2020-09-11

- Conductive Film with Flexible and Stretchable Capability for Sensor Application and Stealth Information Transmission
- Chinese Journal of Polymer Science Vol. 39, Issue 2, Pages: 164-173(2021)
- Affiliations：
  
  a.College of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, China
  b.Institute of Molecular Aggregation Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
- Author bio：
  
  yangkun1463@126.com (K.Y.)
  cyy@tust.edu.cn (Y.Y.C.)
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1007/s10118-020-2483-x
  CLC：
- Received：11 June 2020，
  
  Revised：2020-7-14，
  
  Accepted：20 July 2020，
  
  Online First：11 September 2020，
  
  Published：02 January 2021
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Shan, Y. F.; Yang, K.; Li, Z. X.; Wang, X. X.; Li, H.; Cui, Y. Y. Conductive film with flexible and stretchable capability for sensor application and stealth information transmission. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2021, 39, 164–173

Yi-Fei Shan, Kun Yang, Zhi-Xi Li, et al. Conductive Film with Flexible and Stretchable Capability for Sensor Application and Stealth Information Transmission[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2021, 39(2): 164-173.
Shan, Y. F.; Yang, K.; Li, Z. X.; Wang, X. X.; Li, H.; Cui, Y. Y. Conductive film with flexible and stretchable capability for sensor application and stealth information transmission. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2021, 39, 164–173 DOI： 10.1007/s10118-020-2483-x.

Yi-Fei Shan, Kun Yang, Zhi-Xi Li, et al. Conductive Film with Flexible and Stretchable Capability for Sensor Application and Stealth Information Transmission[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2021, 39(2): 164-173. DOI： 10.1007/s10118-020-2483-x.

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Abstract

Flexible and wearable strain sensors for human-computer interaction

health monitoring

and soft robotics have drawn widespread attention to promising applications in the next generation of artificial intelligence devices. However

conventional semiconductor sensors are difficult to meet the requirements of flexibility and stretchability. Here

we reported a kind of novel and simple sensor based on layer-by-layer (LBL) method. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) layer provides high ductility and stability in the process of tension sensing

while silver layer provides low initial resistance and fast reflecting in the process of tension sensing. LBL method ensures the uniformity of the conductive layer. The sensor has superior sheet resistance of 9.44 Ω/sq.

high elongation at break of 104%. For sensing capability

the sensor has wide reflecting range of 60%

high gauge factor (GF) of 1000 up to 60% strain

fast reflecting time of 165 ms. Excellent reliability and stability have also been verified. It is also worth mentioning that the entire process does not require any expensive equipments

complicated processes or harsh experimental conditions. The above features provide an idea for large-scale application of flexible stretchable sensors.

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