Inkjet Printed Textile Force Sensitive Resistors for Wearable and Healthcare Devices.

ABSTRACT: Pressure sensors for wearable healthcare devices, particularly force sensitive resistors (FSRs) are widely used to monitor physiological signals and human motions. However, current FSRs are not suitable for integration into wearable platforms. This work presents a novel technique for developing textile FSRs (TFSRs) using a combination of inkjet printing of metal-organic decomposition silver inks and heat pressing for facile integration into textiles. The insulating void by a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) membrane between the top and bottom textile electrodes creates an architectured piezoresistive structure. The structure functions as a simple logic switch where under a threshold pressure the electrodes make contact to create conductive paths (on-state) and without pressure return to th

SUBMITTER: Ju B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8542615 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature