A flexible ultra-highly sensitive capacitive pressure sensor for basketball motion monitoring
Huijie Gao, Tiangeng Chen
Abstract
Abstract Recently, flexible sensors with high sensitivity have been applied in wearable sports sensing field. Here, we reported a flexible and sensitive capacitive pressure sensor based on nylon textile and polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) dielectric film. From the experimental results, the sensor has an extremely high sensitivity of 33.5 kPa −1 , a low detection limit of 0.84 Pa, a quick response time of 27 ms. Moreover, the pressure sensor shows excellent reliability under over 100,000 working cycles. With their superior overall performance, capacitive sensors have effectively proved their enormous potential for basketball motion monitoring. This research will promote the development of wearable sports sensors.
Topics & Concepts
Capacitive sensingPolyvinylidene fluorideMaterials sciencePressure sensorWearable computerSensitivity (control systems)BasketballAcousticsReliability (semiconductor)AccelerometerNanochemistryOptoelectronicsComputer scienceNanotechnologyElectrical engineeringElectronic engineeringMechanical engineeringEmbedded systemEngineeringComposite materialPower (physics)PhysicsQuantum mechanicsArchaeologyOperating systemHistoryPolymerAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsAdhesion, Friction, and Surface InteractionsAnalytical Chemistry and Sensors