title: Carbonized Silk Fabric for Ultrastretchable, Highly Sensitive, and Wearable Strain Sensors.
abstract: A carbonized plain-weave silk fabric is fabricated into wearable and robust strain sensors, which can be stretched up to 500% and show high sensitivity in a wide strain range. This sensor can be assembled into wearable devices for detection of both large and subtle human activities, showing great potential for monitoring human motions and personal health.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Center for Nano and Micro Mechanics (CNMM), Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Chunya
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microelectronics and Tsinghua, National Laboratory for Information Science and Technology (TNList), Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Xiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Center for Nano and Micro Mechanic (CNMM), School of Aerospace Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Enlai
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Center for Nano and Micro Mechanics (CNMM), Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Muqiang
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jian
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Center for Nano and Micro Mechanics (CNMM), Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Kailun
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Center for Nano and Micro Mechanics (CNMM), Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Qi
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Center for Nano and Micro Mechanic (CNMM), School of Aerospace Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Zhiping
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microelectronics and Tsinghua, National Laboratory for Information Science and Technology (TNList), Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Tianling
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Center for Nano and Micro Mechanics (CNMM), Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Yingying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D009038:Motion; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D047011:Silk / Q000737:chemistry*; D000076251:Wearable Electronic Devices
chemical_list: D047011:Silk
keywords: carbonized silk fabrics; graphitic nanocarbon; strain sensors; wearable devices; woven structures