Extremely Stretchable, Stable, and Durable Strain Sensors Based on Double-Network Organogels

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Haoxiang ZhangShufen Zhang

Abstract

Stretchable strain sensors offer great potential for diverse applications in modern electronics. However, it is still difficult to fabricate strain sensors with extreme stretchability, high stability, and superior durability because of the challenge in elastic matrix. In this work, the first example of extremely stretchable and highly stable double-networks ethylene glycol (EG) organogel is developed for the fabrication of wearable strain sensors with high performances. It is shown that the formation of hybrid physically and chemically cross-linked double-networks endows the EG organogel with an extraordinarily stretchability as high as 21 000%, which is the highest value for gels reported in the literature. Meanwhile, the low vapor pressure of EG gives the organogel high ambient stability. Benefiting from the intrinsic stretchability and stability of EG organogel, the strain sensors are fabricated easily by incorporating graphene as electrically conductive filler, which display extremely wide strain-sensing range (>10 500% fracture strain) with a gauge factor of 2.3. More importantly, the sensor can withstand >50 000 loading-unloading cycles in air, exhibiting high stability and superior durability. It is demonstrated that the...Continue Reading

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