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Graphene Reinforced Carbon Nanotube Networks for Wearable Strain Sensors
- Source :
- Advanced Functional Materials. 26:2078-2084
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2016.
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Abstract
- Transparent, stretchable films of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have attracted significant attention for applications in flexible electronics, while the lack of structural strength in CNT networks leads to deformation and failure under high mechanical load. In this work, enhancement of the strength and load transfer capabilities of CNT networks by chemical vapor deposition of graphene in the nanotube voids is proposed. The graphene hybridization significantly strengthens the CNT networks, especially at nanotube joints, and enhances their resistance to buckling and bundling under large cyclic strain up to 20%. The hybridized films show linear and reproducible responses to tensile strains, which have been applied in strain sensors to detect human motions with fast response, high sensitivity, and durability.
- Subjects :
- Nanotube
Materials science
Mechanical load
Graphene
Nanotechnology
02 engineering and technology
Chemical vapor deposition
Carbon nanotube
010402 general chemistry
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
Condensed Matter Physics
01 natural sciences
Flexible electronics
0104 chemical sciences
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
law.invention
Biomaterials
law
Ultimate tensile strength
Electrochemistry
Deformation (engineering)
Composite material
0210 nano-technology
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Details
- ISSN :
- 1616301X
- Volume :
- 26
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Advanced Functional Materials
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........d055e49bce61c30352160d3bf4ccdabf