Yufeng Wu, Enfu Chen, Xiaodi Weng, Zhaofeng He, Geng Chang, Xuchao Pan, Junchen Liu, Kun Huang, Kai Huang and Ming Lei
1State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, School of Science, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China
2Unit 96911 of PLA, Beijing 100010, China
3School of Artificial Intelligence, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China
4Ministerial Key Laboratory of ZNDY, Nanjing University of Science &Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
# These authors contributed to this work equally.
In recent years, conductive hydrogels have become popular substrates for flexible sensors because of their good mechanical properties, electrical conductivity, and biocompatibility. In this paper, the authors solved the key problem of complex preparation technology of hydrogels and prepared conductive polyvinyl alcohol/silver nanoparticles (PVA/AgNPs) hydrogels sensor with high tensile, high sensitivity, and high stability systems. They were prepared by a simple and efficient method of doping AgNPs into the three-dimensional network of PVA hydrogels. The sensor had a large draw ratio of over 500% and stability could be demonstrated by the consistency of electrical signals in 1000 cycles of stretching. The embedded AgNPs enabled the hydrogels to obtain good sensing performance. The excellent performance of sensors was also reflected by the sensing resolution of 0.5% deformation and the fast response time of 758ms. The PVA/AgNPs hydrogel sensor was used to common human behaviors, such as finger and wrist bending, swallowing, and nodding, which could transmit signals sensitively and stably. Overall, the excellent performances of the PVA/AgNPs hydrogels made it possible to be used in flexible wearable devices as sensors and help monitor human behavior.
Received: 03 Feb 2022
Revised: 17 Feb 2022
Accepted: 21 Feb 2022
Published online: 21 Feb 2022
Article type:
Research Paper
DOI:
10.30919/es8d659
Volume:
18
Page:
113-120
Citation:
Engineered Science, 2022, 18, 113-120
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A piezoresistive sensor was constructed by doping AgNPs in PVA hydrogel to monitor human behavior. ....
A piezoresistive sensor was constructed by doping AgNPs in PVA hydrogel to monitor human behavior.
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