Surface coatings of silver nanowires lead to effective, high conductivity, high-strain, ultrathin sensors

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作者
Boland, Conor S. [1 ,2 ]
Khan, Umar [3 ]
Benameur, Hanane [1 ,2 ]
Coleman, Jonathan N. [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Trinity Coll Dublin, Sch Phys, CRANN, Dublin 2, Ireland
[2] Trinity Coll Dublin, Sch Phys, AMBER, Dublin 2, Ireland
[3] Sligo Inst Technol, Sch Sci, PEM Ctr, Dept Life Sci, Sligo Ash Lane, Sligo, Ireland
关键词
FILMS; COMPOSITES; TRANSPARENT; ELECTRODES; CONDUCTORS; NANOTUBES; MECHANICS; PRESSURE; NETWORK; LAYER;
D O I
10.1039/c7nr06685f
中图分类号
O6 [化学];
学科分类号
0703 ;
摘要
Integrated sensors for bodily measurements require a sensing material that is highly conductive, flexible, thin and sensitive. It is important that these materials are non-invasive in application but robust in nature to allow for effective, continuous measurement. Herein, we report a comparative study of two simple, scalable methods to produce silver nanowire (AgNW) polyurethane (PU) composite materials: layer-bylayer (LBL) and mixed filtration. Both types of composites formed were ultrathin (similar to 50 mu m) and highly conductive (10(4) S m(-1)), with the LBL method ultimately found to be superior due to its low percolation threshold. Electrical resistance of the LBL composites was found to vary with strain, making these materials suitable for strain sensing. LBL composites displayed a working strain up to similar to 250% and a high gauge factor (G), with values of G similar to 70 reported. The sensors reported here were similar to 10(9)-times more conductive and similar to 10(4)-times thinner than their carbon-based composite sensor counterparts with similar gauge factor. This made the strain sensors presented here among one of the most flexible, highly sensitive, thinnest, conductive materials in literature. We demonstrated that with these properties, the LBL composites formed were ideal for bodily motion detection.
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页码:18507 / 18515
页数:9
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