Wearable, flexible strain sensors unobtrusively monitor tiny vibrations of human skin in real time and with great accuracy, thanks to innovative fabrication techniques using composite materials ...

Flexible strain-gauge sensors, which could eventually be used in electronic skin, generally require complex device architectures. A simple and highly sensitive resistive sensor for the detection ...

Researchers debuted a flexible strain sensor design with a membrane made from stacking parallel and randomly aligned carbon nanofibers (CNF) that achieves both high sensitivity and wide strain ...

Bio-inspired wind sensing using strain sensors on flexible wings could revolutionize robotic flight control strategy. Researchers have developed a method to detect wind direction with 99% accuracy ...

A research team led by Prof. Wang Long from the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the ...

The new work shows that the performance of strain sensors can be effectively improved by modulating the Berry curvature by changing the strain applied to 2D van der Waals materials like WSe 2. “The ...

A new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances discusses a highly sensitive and fast response optical strain sensor. Strain sensors play an important role in many applications such as flexible ...

While some assistance is available to individuals who lack the power of speech, verbally communicating with other people can still be challenging. A new face-worn strain sensor could help, as it's ...

Researchers create a color-changing strain sensor for wearable devices, offering real-time monitoring of movement and potential applications in healthcare.

Soft and stretchable strain sensors are invaluable for use in wearable electronics such as motion tracking devices and physiological monitoring systems. Currently, however, the trade-off between ...