综述了近年来柔性可穿戴电子应变传感器的研究现状与应用,包括压阻、压电、电容、摩擦电和光学效应等信号传感机理,碳材料、金属材料、无机半导体材料、功能复合材料等柔性可穿戴电子的常用材料,柔性电子传感器的制造方法及其在健康监测、运动监测、家庭康复、人机接口和软机器人等方面的潜在应用,最后提出了柔性可穿戴电子应变传感器面临的挑战与未来发展方向。
The recent research advances of wearable electronic strain sensors and applications,including signal transduction mechanisms,general materials,manufacture processes and potential applications was focused.Piezoresistivity,piezoelectricity and capacitance were three common signal transduction mechanism,moreover,triboelectric and optical effect mechanism were promised.Common materials used in flexible wearable electronic sensors,such as carbon materials,metal materials,inorganic semiconductors materials and functional composite materials were also introduced.The flexible wearable electronic sensors also had the practical and potential applications,which focused on health monitoring,motion monitoring,family rehabilitation,human-machine interfaces and soft robotics techniques.Finally,the challenges and future development of flexible wearable electronic strain sensors were presented.
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基金资助
国家自然科学基金面上项目(51473122);中国博士后科学基金面上资(2016M591390)