Printing of CNT/silicone rubber for a wearable flexible stretch sensor

Agee Susan Kurian; Tim Giffney; Jim Lee; Jadranka Travas-Sejdic; Kean C. Aw

doi:10.1117/12.2218224

15 April 2016 Printing of CNT/silicone rubber for a wearable flexible stretch sensor

Agee Susan Kurian, Tim Giffney, Jim Lee, Jadranka Travas-Sejdic, Kean C. Aw

Proceedings Volume 9798, Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) 2016; 97980K (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2218224
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2016, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Abstract

In this paper, we present a simple printing method for a highly resilient stretch sensor. The stretch sensors, based on multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT)/silicon rubber (Ecoflex® 00-30) polymer nanocomposites, were printed on silicon rubber (SR) substrate. The sensors exhibit good hysteresis with high linearity and small drift. Due to the biocompatibility of SR and is very soft, strong and able to be stretched many times its original size without tearing and will rebound to its original form without distortion, the proposed stretch sensor is suitable for many biomedical and wearable sensors application.

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Agee Susan Kurian, Tim Giffney, Jim Lee, Jadranka Travas-Sejdic, and Kean C. Aw "Printing of CNT/silicone rubber for a wearable flexible stretch sensor", Proc. SPIE 9798, Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) 2016, 97980K (15 April 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2218224

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