Conducting Fibers: Downsized Sheath-Core Conducting Fibers for Weavable Superelastic Wires, Biosensors, Supercapacitors, and Strain Sensors (Adv. Mater. 25/2016)

Hongyan Wang; Zunfeng Liu; Jianning Ding; Xavier Lepró; Shaoli Fang; Nan Jiang; Ninyi Yuan; Run Wang; Qu Yin; Wei Lv; Zhongsheng Liu; Mei Zhang; Raquel Ovalle-Robles; Kanzan Inoue; Shougen Yin; Ray H Baughman

doi:10.1002/adma.201670172

Conducting Fibers: Downsized Sheath-Core Conducting Fibers for Weavable Superelastic Wires, Biosensors, Supercapacitors, and Strain Sensors (Adv. Mater. 25/2016)

Adv Mater. 2016 Jul;28(25):4946. doi: 10.1002/adma.201670172.

Authors

Hongyan Wang^{1

2}, Zunfeng Liu^{2

3

4}, Jianning Ding⁴, Xavier Lepró³, Shaoli Fang^{2

3}, Nan Jiang^{2

3}, Ninyi Yuan⁴, Run Wang^{2

3

4}, Qu Yin^{2

4}, Wei Lv^{2

4}, Zhongsheng Liu^{2

4}, Mei Zhang⁵, Raquel Ovalle-Robles⁶, Kanzan Inoue⁶, Shougen Yin^{1

2}, Ray H Baughman^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Display Materials and Photoelectric Devices, Ministry of Education, Institute of Materials Physics and Tianjin Key Laboratory for Photoelectric Materials and Devices, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, 300384, China.
² Jiangnan Graphene Research Institute, Changzhou, 213149, China.
³ Alan G. MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, 75080, USA.
⁴ Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Photovoltaic Science and Engineering, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou, 213164, China.
⁵ High-Performance Materials Institute, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32310, USA.
⁶ Lintec of America, Nano-Science and Technology Center, Richardson, TX, 75081, USA.

PMID: 27372719
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201670172

Abstract

Using intelligent textiles for clothing represents one possibility for weavable superelastic conducting fibers that can store energy, sense body motions, and detect biochemicals. On page 4998, S. Yin, R. H. Baughman, and co-workers demonstrate that these hair-like-diameter fibers, comprising buckled carbon nanotube sheaths on a rubber core, can be used as glucose sensors, supercapacitors, ultrafast strain sensors, and electrical interconnectors. The performance of these structures is maintained also under giant strain.

Keywords: biosensors; capacitive strain sensors; elastic conducting fibers; intelligent textiles.

MeSH terms

Biosensing Techniques*
Nanotubes, Carbon
Textiles

Substances

Nanotubes, Carbon