Flexible Transparent Films of Oriented Silver Nanowires for a Stretchable Strain Sensor
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Section
2.1. Reagents and Materials
2.2. Synthesis of AgNWs
2.3. Preparation of Patterned PDMS Film
2.4. Preparation of AgNW/Pat-PDMS Films
2.5. Preparation of the PDMS/AgNW/Pat-PDMS Pressure Sensor
2.6. Characterization
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Structure and Morphology
3.2. The Optoelectrical Properties of Electrodes
3.3. Sensor Application Performance
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Samples | 20,000 Bending Cycles (%) | 500 Stretching Cycles (%) | 20~100% Tensile Strain (%) |
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AgNW/PDMS | 183 | - | - |
0-AgNW/Pat-PDMS | 0.53 | 0.65 | 0.49~0.71 |
60-AgNW/Pat-PDMS | 0.69 | 4.1 | 1.81~4.23 |
90-AgNW/Pat-PDMS | 0.58 | 2.6 | 0.98~2.45 |
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Wang, X.; Song, C.; Wang, Y.; Feng, S.; Xu, D.; Hao, T.; Xu, H. Flexible Transparent Films of Oriented Silver Nanowires for a Stretchable Strain Sensor. Materials 2024, 17, 4059. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17164059
Wang X, Song C, Wang Y, Feng S, Xu D, Hao T, Xu H. Flexible Transparent Films of Oriented Silver Nanowires for a Stretchable Strain Sensor. Materials. 2024; 17(16):4059. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17164059
Chicago/Turabian StyleWang, Xiaoguang, Chengjun Song, Yangyang Wang, Shaoxuan Feng, Dong Xu, Tingting Hao, and Hongbo Xu. 2024. "Flexible Transparent Films of Oriented Silver Nanowires for a Stretchable Strain Sensor" Materials 17, no. 16: 4059. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17164059