Ultra-low-cost graphene/fabric-based sensors: Part I-Characterization and Preliminary results

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Abstract

The significance of fabric sensors has been growing simultaneously with the impact of wearable sensing applications. Different types of fabrics have been employed to develop thin-film sensors for multiple applications. This paper highlights the fabrication and implementation of polyester fabric/graphene-based sensors for strain and acoustic applications. Conductive composite structures were formed by dip-coating polyester fabric into aqueous graphene dispersions with defined cycles. These sensors were piezoresistive in nature, characterized and utilized for sensing strain-induced tactile motion. Due to their vibrational nature, they were also deployed to detect acoustic signals, thus validating their capability for multifunctional strain-sensing applications. These results serve as a podium for developing flexible graphene/fabric-based sensors for multifunctional strain-induced applications.

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)28640-28648
Number of pages9
JournalIEEE sensors journal
Volume23
Issue number23
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2023
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0001-7244-3503/work/142240997
ORCID /0000-0002-0803-8818/work/142257155
Scopus 85171562496
Mendeley 33737dd7-ac61-3114-bf31-2e067caa6c5b

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Keywords

  • Dip-coating, Fabric, Fabrication, Fabrics, Flexible, Graphene, Mechanical sensors, Prototypes, Sensor phenomena and characterization, Sensors, Strain, strain, graphene, flexible, fabric, Dip coating