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MXene-coated flexible PVDF membrane as wearable strain sensor

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Strain sensors need high sensitivity and good mechanical property for wearable electronics applications. Recently discovered MXenes (transition metal carbide/nitride/carbonitride) are a class of 2D materials and these exhibit very good mechanical properties and high electrical conductivity. These 2D materials find highly promising applications as sensors, EMI shielding, energy storage devices, etc. In this work, the Ti3C2Tx-based high-purity MXenes were prepared by in situ HF etching method. Under the studied conditions, highly delaminated single-phase Ti3C2Tx MXene nanosheets were obtained. The materials were characterized using X-ray diffraction and SEM techniques. The Ti3C2Tx was coated on to PVDF membrane through a simple vacuum-assisted filtration method. This flexible PVDF membrane coated with Ti3C2Tx MXene exhibits very low resistance of ~ 44 Ω. A wearable prototype strain sensor was fabricated using the Ti3C2Tx-coated PVDF membrane and change in resistance with respect to the finger bending/stretching was studied. Easily fabricable highly conductive and flexible Ti3C2Tx-coated PVDF membrane is promising as strain sensors in wearable electronics to analyze various motions of body parts for health monitoring applications.

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    Radhika Thankappan & K. G. Vasanthakumari

  2. International School of Photonics, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, Kerala, 682022, India

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Thankappan, R., Vasanthakumari, K.G. & Uzma Sulthana, U.M. MXene-coated flexible PVDF membrane as wearable strain sensor. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 33, 24542–24549 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-022-09165-x

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