Open AccessLow‐temperature synthesis of strain sensor based on flexible ZnO nanowire‐cellulose paper composite
Author(s) -
Biswas Indranil,
Roy Kundu Piyali,
Majumder Mousumi,
Sau Suman,
Chakraborty Ashim Kumar
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
micro and nano letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.25
H-Index - 31
ISSN - 1750-0443
DOI - 10.1049/mnl.2017.0114
Subject(s) - materials science , composite number , nanowire , gauge factor , scanning electron microscope , cellulose , composite material , diffraction , repeatability , field emission microscopy , porosity , nanotechnology , chemical engineering , fabrication , optics , chemistry , medicine , alternative medicine , physics , pathology , chromatography , engineering
ZnO nanowire was synthesised chemically at low temperature on a flexible three‐dimensional and porous cellulose paper. The morphology and crystallography of the composite was characterised by field emission scanning electron microscope and X‐ray diffraction. Performance of the developed ZnO nanowire‐cellulose paper composite as strain sensor demonstrated good stability, high gauge factor and good repeatability. The results indicate the possible use of this sensitive and robust strain sensor in the fields of biomedical sciences, MEMS devices and structural health monitoring and other fields.