TY - GEN
T1 - Development of hysteresis-free and linear knitted strain sensors for smart textile applications
AU - Bozali, B.
AU - van Dam, J.J.F.
AU - Plaude, L.
AU - Jansen, K.M.B.
N1 - Accepted Author Manuscript
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Smart textiles have been attracting considerable interest in imparting a wide range of functions to traditional clothing ranging from sensing, actuation, data processing, and energy storage. In the case of textile-based strain sensors, most of the studies proved that they can work in principle, however, producing strain sensors with desirable properties such as stable sensitivity, small hysteresis, large enough working range, and good repeatability still remains a challenge necessitating the developments of novel technologies for soft sensors. This paper conducts a systematic approach to investigate the electromechanical properties of the knitted strain sensors to find out the optimum process parameters. We found a repeatable and robust method to produce knitted strain sensors with low hysteresis at a working range of at least 40%.
AB - Smart textiles have been attracting considerable interest in imparting a wide range of functions to traditional clothing ranging from sensing, actuation, data processing, and energy storage. In the case of textile-based strain sensors, most of the studies proved that they can work in principle, however, producing strain sensors with desirable properties such as stable sensitivity, small hysteresis, large enough working range, and good repeatability still remains a challenge necessitating the developments of novel technologies for soft sensors. This paper conducts a systematic approach to investigate the electromechanical properties of the knitted strain sensors to find out the optimum process parameters. We found a repeatable and robust method to produce knitted strain sensors with low hysteresis at a working range of at least 40%.
KW - hysteresis-free sensors
KW - knitted strain sensors
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85123603049&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/SENSORS47087.2021.9639613
DO - 10.1109/SENSORS47087.2021.9639613
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 978-1-7281-9502-5
T3 - Proceedings of IEEE Sensors
SP - 1
EP - 4
BT - 2021 IEEE Sensors, SENSORS 2021 - Conference Proceedings
PB - IEEE
CY - Piscataway
T2 - 2021 IEEE Sensors
Y2 - 31 October 2021 through 3 November 2021
ER -