Metallic Sandwiched-Aerogel Hybrids Enabling Flexible and Stretchable Intelligent Sensor.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
Flexible strain sensors have been widely investigated with their rapid development in human-machine interfaces, soft robots, and medical care monitoring. Here, we report a new in situ catalytic strategy toward the fabrication of metallic aerogel hybrids, which are composed of vanadium nitride (VN) nanosheets decorated with well-defined vertically aligned carbon nanotube arrays (VN/CNTs) for the first time. In this architecture, the two-dimensional VN nanosheets as the main bone structure are favorable for the flexible devices due to their excellent structural compatibility during the repetitive deforming process. In addition, the sandwiched aerogel hybrids form highly conductive 3D network, affording outstanding sensitivity for the strain-responsive behaviors. Further, the VN/CNTs-based flexible strain sensors are successfully fabricated, showing a high gauge factor of 386 within a small strain of 10%, fast response, and extraordinary durability. The monitoring of physical signals and an actual real-time human-machine controlling system based on the sensors are also presented.