Abstract
The demand for stretchable strain sensors is increasing due to their potential applications in emerging fields such as human motion detection, wearable electronics, and electronic skins. This review paper provides an overview of the latest developments and advanced applications of flexible carbonous conductive polymer composite strain sensors. Various sensing mechanisms for strain sensors, including the tunneling effect, the disconnection mechanism, and the cracking effect, are described and analyzed. Additionally, the differences in fabrication methods and sensing performance of different sensors are compared from the perspective of different morphological structures of conductive polymer composite strain sensors. The applications of flexible carbon-based strain sensors in detecting motion signals, vital signs, and other areas, such as elbow and knee flexion, gesture recognition, voice recognition, pulse, respiration, and human–computer interaction, are also discussed. Finally, the paper summarizes the current challenges that need to be overcome in the practical application of flexible conductive polymer composite strain sensors.
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Wang, Y., Venkataraman, M., Militký, J. (2023). Flexible Carbon-Based Nanocomposites. In: Militký, J., Venkataraman, M. (eds) Advanced Multifunctional Materials from Fibrous Structures. Advanced Structured Materials, vol 201. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-6002-6_9
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