Facile and Large-scale Fabrication of Self-crimping Elastic Fibers for Large Strain Sensors

Jin-Chao Yu; Kang Chen; Hong Ji; Yang Zhang; Yu-Mei Zhang; Zhi-Juan Pan

doi:10.1007/s10118-021-2560-1

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Facile and Large-scale Fabrication of Self-crimping Elastic Fibers for Large Strain Sensors

ARTICLE | Updated：2021-04-30

- Facile and Large-scale Fabrication of Self-crimping Elastic Fibers for Large Strain Sensors
- Chinese Journal of Polymer Science Vol. 39, Issue 7, Pages: 914-924(2021)
- Affiliations：
  
  a.College of Textile and Clothing Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
  b.State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
- Author bio：
  
  jcyu@suda.edu.cn (J.C.Y.)
  zhangym@dhu.edu.cn (Y.M.Z.)
  zhjpan@suda.edu.cn (Z.J.P.)
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1007/s10118-021-2560-1
  CLC：
- Received：09 October 2020，
  
  Revised：2021-1-20，
  
  Accepted：01 February 2021，
  
  Online First：30 April 2021，
  
  Published：14 May 2021
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Yu, J. C.; Chen, K.; Ji, H.; Zhang, Y.; Zhang, Y. M.; Pan, Z. J. Facile and large-scale fabrication of self-crimping elastic fibers for large strain sensors. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2021, 39, 914–924

Jin-Chao Yu, Kang Chen, Hong Ji, et al. Facile and Large-scale Fabrication of Self-crimping Elastic Fibers for Large Strain Sensors[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2021, 39(7): 914-924.
Yu, J. C.; Chen, K.; Ji, H.; Zhang, Y.; Zhang, Y. M.; Pan, Z. J. Facile and large-scale fabrication of self-crimping elastic fibers for large strain sensors. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2021, 39, 914–924 DOI： 10.1007/s10118-021-2560-1.

Jin-Chao Yu, Kang Chen, Hong Ji, et al. Facile and Large-scale Fabrication of Self-crimping Elastic Fibers for Large Strain Sensors[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2021, 39(7): 914-924. DOI： 10.1007/s10118-021-2560-1.

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Stretchable conductive fibers offer unparalleled advantages in the development of wearable strain sensors for smart textiles due to their excellent flexibility and weaveability. However

the practical applications of these fibers in wearable devices are hindered by either contradictory properties of conductive fibers (high stretchability versus high sensing stability)

or lack of manufacturing scalability. Herein

we present a facile approach for highly stretchable self-crimping fiber strain sensors based on a polyether-ester (TPEE) elastomer matrix using a side-by-side bicomponent melt-spinning process involving two parallel but attached components with different shrinkage properties. The TPEE component serves as a highly elastic mechanical support layer within the bicomponent fibers

while the conductive component (E-TPEE) of carbon black (CB)

multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and TPEE works as a strain-sensitive layer. In addition to the intrinsic elasticity of the matrix

the TPEE/E-TPEE bicomponent fibers present an excellent form of elasticity due to self-crimping. The self-crimping elongation of the fibers can provide a large deformation

and after the crimp disappears

the intrinsic elastic deformation is responsible for monitoring the strain sensing. The reliable strain sensing range of the TPEE/E-TPEE composite fibers was 160%−270% and could be regulated by adjusting the crimp structure. More importantly

the TPEE/E-TPEE fibers had a diameter of 30−40 μm and tenacity of 40−50 MPa

showing the necessary practicality. This work introduces new possibilities for fiber strain sensors produced in standard industrial spinning machines.

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