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    Xu, Muzhen; Kang, Hua; Guan, Li; Li, Huayi; Zhang, Meining

    ACS applied materials & interfaces, 10/2017, Letnik: 9, Številka: 40
    Journal Article

    Wearable pressure sensors have attracted increasing attention for biomechanical monitoring due to their portability and flexibility. Although great advances have been made, there are no facile methods to produce sensors with good performance. Here, we present a simple method for manufacturing flexible and self-powered piezoelectric sensors based on LiNbO3 (LN) particles. The LN particles are dispersed in polypropylene (PP) doped with multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) by hot pressing (200 °C) to form a flexible LN/MWCNT/PP piezoelectric composite film (PCF) sensor. This cost-effective sensor has high sensitivity (8 Pa), fast response time (ca. 40 ms), and long-term stability (>3000 cycles). Measurements of pressure changes from peripheral arteries demonstrate the applicability of the LN/MWCNT/PP PCF sensor to biomechanical monitoring as well as its potential for biomechanics-related clinical diagnosis and forecasting.