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SUBMITTER: Li YQ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5359581 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Li Yuan-Qing YQ Huang Pei P Zhu Wei-Bin WB Fu Shao-Yun SY Hu Ning N Liao Kin K
Scientific reports 20170321
In this work, a wire-shaped flexible strain sensor was fabricated by encapsulating conductive carbon thread (CT) with polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) elastomer. The key strain sensitive material, CT, was prepared by pyrolysing cotton thread in N<sub>2</sub> atmosphere. The CT/PDMS composite wire shows a typical piezo-resistive behavior with high strain sensitivity. The gauge factors (GF) calculated at low strain of 0-4% and high strain of 8-10% are 8.7 and 18.5, respectively, which are much higher t ...[more]