A Breathable, Low-Cost, and Highly Stretchable Medical-Textile Strain Sensor for Human Motion and Plant Growth Monitoring.

Shilei Liu, Xin Wang, Xingze Chen, Zhixiang He, Linpeng Liu, Xiaohu Jiang

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Shilei LiuHunan Agricultural Forestal and Industrial Prospective Design Institute, Co., Ltd., Changsha 410007, China.

Xin WangState Key Laboratory of Precision Manufacturing for Extreme Service Performance, College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China.

Xingze ChenState Key Laboratory of Precision Manufacturing for Extreme Service Performance, College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China.

Zhixiang HeState Key Laboratory of Precision Manufacturing for Extreme Service Performance, College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China.

Linpeng LiuState Key Laboratory of Precision Manufacturing for Extreme Service Performance, College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7234-9779

Xiaohu JiangCollege of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 52205320Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province 2023JJ40736Project of State Key Laboratory of Precision Manufacturing for Extreme Service Performance, Central South University ZZYJKT2024-03

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Abstract

Flexible strain sensors capable of conformal integration with living organisms are essential for advanced wearable electronics, human-machine interaction, and plant health. However, many existing sensors require complex fabrication or rely on non-breathable elastomer substrates that interfere with the physiological microenvironment of skin or plant tissues. Here, we present a low-cost, breathable, and highly stretchable strain sensor constructed from biomedical materials, in which a double-layer medical elastic bandage serves as the porous substrate and an intermediate conductive medical elastic tape impregnated with carbon nanotubes (CNTs) ink acts as the sensing layer. Owing to the hierarchical textile porosity and the deformable CNTs percolation network, the sensor achieves a wide strain range of 100%, a gauge factor of up to 2.72, and excellent nonlinear second-order fitting (R

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Biosensing TechniquesPlant DevelopmentTextilesWearable Electronic DevicesHumansMonitoring, PhysiologicNanotubes, CarbonNanotubes, Carbonhighly stretchablelow costplant growth monitoringstrain sensor

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PMID41516477

DOI10.3390/s26010044

PMCPMC12787557

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