Printable and stretchable conductive elastomers for monitoring dynamic strain with high fidelity

J Yuan, Y Zhang, G Li, S Liu… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Printable and stretchable conductive elastomers have promising applications for epidermal
and wearable electronics, soft robotics, etc. However, these conductive materials usually …

3D printing of flexible strain sensor array based on UV‐curable multiwalled carbon nanotube/elastomer composite

T Xiao, C Qian, R Yin, K Wang, Y Gao… - Advanced Materials …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Internet of things (IoT) is expected to significantly improve every aspect of society, especially
in soft robotics, structural health monitoring, and human motion detection. Flexible strain …

A review on printing of responsive smart and 4D structures using 2D materials

P Cataldi, M Liu, M Bissett… - Advanced Materials …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 3D printing is revolutionizing the manufacturing sector due to the myriad of
materials and techniques available. Furthermore, it allows decentralized production sites for …

Piezoresistive elastomer-based composite strain sensors and their applications

A Georgopoulou, F Clemens - ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 2020 - ACS Publications
Piezoresistive strain sensors dominate the field of soft elastomer sensors, with many
interesting findings and applications. Nevertheless, the methods of characterizing the …

Strain sensing behavior of FDM 3D printed carbon black filled TPU with periodic configurations and flexible substrates

B Li, S Zhang, L Zhang, Y Gao, F Xuan - Journal of Manufacturing …, 2022 - Elsevier
Carbon black particles (CBPs) as the conductive fillers and thermoplastic polyurethane
(TPU) elastic polymer were uniformly mixed to form composite filaments for exclusive use in …

Tailored and highly stretchable sensor prepared by crosslinking an enhanced 3D printed UV‐curable sacrificial mold

S Peng, Z Wang, J Lin, JT Miao, L Zheng… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Taking advantage of unlimited geometry design, 3D printed sacrificial mold cast with highly
conductive polymer composites is used to prepare a sensor with designed structures …

TPU/CNTs flexible strain sensor with auxetic structure via a novel hybrid manufacturing process of fused deposition modeling 3D printing and ultrasonic cavitation …

B Li, W Liang, L Zhang, F Ren, F Xuan - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2022 - Elsevier
The broad technological concept as so-called" hybrid additive manufacturing" is introduced
into the fabrication of flexible strain sensing structure, employing the combination process of …

Fabrication of a soft robotic gripper with integrated strain sensing elements using multi-material additive manufacturing

A Georgopoulou, B Vanderborght… - Frontiers in Robotics and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
With the purpose of making soft robotic structures with embedded sensors, additive
manufacturing techniques like fused deposition modeling (FDM) are popular. Thermoplastic …

Manufacturing and measuring techniques for graphene-silicone-based strain sensors

J Peña-Consuegra, MR Pagnola, J Useche… - JOM, 2023 - Springer
The development of techniques for synthesizing graphene and its derivatives, as well as
currently available nanocomposite fabrication techniques, coupled with the diverse …

Design principles for a single-process 3d-printed accelerometer–theory and experiment

M Arh, J Slavič, M Boltežar - Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2021 - Elsevier
Fused-filament fabrication, one of the most accessible additive manufacturing technology,
has already been used to manufacture piezoresistive static/quasistatic strain sensors, force …