Flexible wearable pressure sensor based on elastic cloth
Technical Field
The application relates to the technical field of flexible pressure sensors, in particular to a flexible wearable pressure sensor based on elastic cloth.
Background
The flexible pressure sensing technology is a two-dimensional pressure sensing element prepared from flexible materials, and is different from the traditional non-flexible pressure sensing element which is made of non-bendable materials such as a metal cantilever beam and a silicon-based stress sheet, and the flexible pressure sensor mostly uses polymer films, fiber structure materials and the like as construction materials of the sensor. The flexible pressure sensor mainly comprises an electrode and a functional material layer, wherein the electrode is made of high-conductivity metal, conductive carbon material, conductive ceramic material and conductive polymer material, and forms a specific circuit pattern. The functional material layer mainly includes a conductor material, a dielectric material, a piezoelectric material, a triboelectric material, an ionic material, etc. according to different mechanisms, and the corresponding flexible sensing mechanisms are also mainly classified into a piezoresistive type, a parallel plate capacitive type, a piezoelectric type, a triboelectric type, and an ionization type.
The existing stretchable flexible pressure sensor has the defects of low pressure detection precision and poor air permeability under the stretching condition.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The embodiment of the application provides a flexible wearable pressure sensor based on elastic cloth, not only can still guarantee higher sensitivity, faster response speed under certain deformation, and travelling comfort and flexibility are better moreover.
In order to achieve the above object, an embodiment of the present application provides a flexible wearable pressure sensor based on elastic cloth, including a first flexible electrode, an ion layer, and a second flexible electrode, which are sequentially arranged from top to bottom; the first flexible electrode and the second flexible electrode are both elastic conductive cloth; the ion layer is elastic ion cloth which is dip-coated and modified by ion gel.
Further, the first flexible electrodes are strip-shaped electrodes and are multiple, and the multiple first flexible electrodes are adhered to the lower side of the first elastic textile fabric side by side; the second flexible electrodes are strip-shaped electrodes and are adhered to the lower side of the second elastic woven cloth side by side; the extending directions of the first flexible electrodes and the second flexible electrodes are perpendicular to each other.
Furthermore, the first flexible electrode and the second flexible electrode are connected with a data reading, controlling and power supply circuit.
Further, the ionic gel is a water-based polyurethane ionic gel.
Further, the elastic conductive cloth is silver nanofiber flexible conductive cloth.
Compared with the prior art, the application has the following beneficial effects:
1. this application introduces into can tensile elasticity weaving cloth with electric formula sensing principle, adopts elasticity electrically conductive cloth as the electrode, makes flexible pressure sensor not only can still guarantee higher sensitivity, faster response speed under certain deformation, and travelling comfort and flexibility are also better moreover.
2. This application adopts the electrically conductive cloth of elasticity as the electrode, and through the electrically conductive cloth of elasticity and data reading, control, power supply circuit's reliability connection, make this application sensor have characteristics such as high signal-to-noise ratio, interference immunity is strong, response speed is fast, the response linearity is good, detectable static pressure.
3. The flexible electrode in this application is a plurality of bar electrodes that set up side by side, and a plurality of electrodes form can tensile large tracts of land high density array, can prepare the circuit of can stretching of large tracts of land high density, can also utilize sensing array to carry out pattern recognition etc. lays good basis for the general application of the wearable pressure sensor of future flexibility and intelligent clothing.
4. A plurality of bar electrodes in this application adhere on corresponding elasticity weaving cloth, and packaging process is simple, with low costs and difficult damage electrode.
5. The embodiment of the application has high sensitivity of 83.36nF & lt- & gt MPa & lt-1 & gt in a non-stretching state, maintains the sensitivity of 39.63nF & lt- & gt MPa & lt-1 & gt in a stretching state, has the response time of 34ms, has excellent repeatability and durability, can detect actions of fingers grasping objects, pressing a mouse and the like, can be used for monitoring pulse signals of a human body, and has a wide application range.
Drawings
In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present application or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without creative efforts.
Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a flexible wearable pressure sensor based on elastic cloth according to an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a flexible wearable pressure sensor based on elastic cloth according to another embodiment of the present application.
In the figure, 1-first flexible electrode, 2-ion layer, 3-second flexible electrode, 4-first elastic textile cloth, and 5-second elastic textile cloth.
Detailed Description
The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.
In the description of the present application, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience in describing the present application and simplifying the description, but do not indicate or imply that the referred device or element must have a particular orientation, be constructed in a particular orientation, and be operated, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present application.
In the description of the present application, it is to be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; the specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood in a specific case by those of ordinary skill in the art.
The terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present application, "a plurality" means two or more unless otherwise specified.
Referring to fig. 1, the embodiment of the application provides a flexible wearable pressure sensor based on elastic cloth, specifically is a single-point sensor, adopts a sandwich structure, and includes a first flexible electrode 1, an ion layer 2 and a second flexible electrode 3 that are sequentially arranged from top to bottom. The first flexible electrode 1 and the second flexible electrode 3 are both connected with a data reading, controlling and power supply circuit.
First flexible electrode 1 and second flexible electrode 3 are the electrically conductive cloth of elasticity, and is specific, and first flexible electrode 1 and the flexible electrically conductive cloth of the equal silver nanofiber of second flexible electrode 3 compare the flexible electrically conductive cloth of nanofiber, and the electric conductive property of the flexible electrically conductive cloth of silver nanofiber is better. The ionic layer 2 is elastic ionic cloth which is dip-coated and modified by ionic gel. Specifically, the ionic gel is water-based polyurethane ionic gel, and comprises water-soluble imidazole ionic liquid and water-soluble elastic polyurethane solution. The method comprises the specific steps of mixing water-soluble imidazole ionic liquid and water-soluble elastic polyurethane solution according to a set proportion to obtain ionic gel, and then carrying out dip-coating modification on the elastic textile fabric in a dip-coating mode. The embodiment of the application selects the ionic cloth with high unit area capacitance as the middle ionic layer, the stretchable silver nanofiber flexible conductive cloth is used as the electrode, and the upper electrode and the lower electrode cannot be contacted with each other, so that the single-point sensor is manufactured.
Because first flexible electrode 1 and second flexible electrode 3 in this application all are connected with data reading, control, supply circuit, consequently, this application can solve the current flexible sensor ubiquitous problem of crosstalking.
Referring to fig. 2, in order to detect a large-area and high-density detection object, in some embodiments, array sensing is performed, that is, the first flexible electrode 1 and the second flexible electrode 3 are both strip-shaped electrodes, and the number of the first flexible electrode 1 and the second flexible electrode 3 is plural, wherein the plural first flexible electrodes 1 are adhered to the lower side of the first elastic woven fabric 4 side by side, the plural second flexible electrodes 3 are adhered to the lower side of the second elastic woven fabric 5 side by side, and the extending directions of the plural first flexible electrodes 1 and the plural second flexible electrodes 3 are perpendicular to each other. For example, when the number of the first flexible electrodes 1 and the second flexible electrodes 3 is 16 each, an array of 16 × 16 may be formed; when the number of the first flexible electrodes 1 and the second flexible electrodes 3 is 32, an array … … of 32 × 32 may be formed, and fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of the 32 × 32 array sensor.
It should be noted that, the number of the first flexible electrodes 1 and the second flexible electrodes 3 may be the same or different, and is not limited herein, and specifically, the number of the first flexible electrodes and the second flexible electrodes needs to be set according to the length and the width of the detection object, but in an area with the same size, the higher the array density is, the higher the resolution of the pressure sensor is, and the higher the accuracy is.
The packaging process of the array sensor comprises the following steps: respectively adhering a plurality of first flexible electrodes 1(M row electrodes) and a plurality of second flexible electrodes 2(N row electrodes) to a first elastic textile fabric 4 and a second elastic textile fabric 5 for transfer printing, and then encapsulating an ion cloth 3 between the two layers of electrodes according to a sandwich structure. Compare the flexible pressure sensor who adopts polymer material (like PDMS) as the building material of sensor now, owing to need not in embedding metal electrode PDMS, and the electrode is the electrically conductive cloth of elasticity, consequently, the gas permeability of this application embodiment is better, the electrode is difficult to destroyed and packaging technology is simpler.
The above description is only an embodiment of the present application, but the scope of the present application is not limited thereto, and any changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present disclosure should be covered by the scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.