{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Zhao W"],"funding":["China Postdoctoral Science Foundation","Jiangnan University"],"pagination":["250-257"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9417151"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["4(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Wearable sensors have gained considerable popularity due to the potential feasibility in flexible electronics. In this work, a facile fabrication strategy for a wearable strain sensor is presented based on a hierarchical-gap response mechanism. A double-helical-structured elastic string was employed as the stretchable substrate, and carbon nanotubes were chosen as the resistance-sensitive nanostructures. A CNT-modified elastic string (CES) was obtained by directly coating CNTs onto the substrate. After polydimethylsiloxane encapsulation, a fiber-shaped resistive-type strain sensor was fabricated. It was attached to different joints for human body motion monitoring. The double-helical structure could produce hierarchical gaps as the applied strain increased, which served as spatial compleme"],"journal":["Nanoscale advances"],"pubmed_title":["A facile structural strategy for a wearable strain sensor based on carbon nanotube modified helical yarns."],"pmcid":["PMC9417151"],"funding_grant_id":["2021M691363"],"pubmed_authors":["Zhao W","Xu S"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"A facile structural strategy for a wearable strain sensor based on carbon nanotube modified helical yarns.","description":"Wearable sensors have gained considerable popularity due to the potential feasibility in flexible electronics. In this work, a facile fabrication strategy for a wearable strain sensor is presented based on a hierarchical-gap response mechanism. A double-helical-structured elastic string was employed as the stretchable substrate, and carbon nanotubes were chosen as the resistance-sensitive nanostructures. A CNT-modified elastic string (CES) was obtained by directly coating CNTs onto the substrate. After polydimethylsiloxane encapsulation, a fiber-shaped resistive-type strain sensor was fabricated. It was attached to different joints for human body motion monitoring. The double-helical structure could produce hierarchical gaps as the applied strain increased, which served as spatial compleme","dates":{"release":"2021-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2021 Dec","modification":"2025-04-18T15:47:52.807Z","creation":"2025-02-19T01:37:07.178Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9417151","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36132965"],"doi":["10.1039/d1na00215e"]}}