Flexible Strain Sensors Based on an Interlayer Synergistic Effect of Nanomaterials for Continuous and Noninvasive Blood Pressure Monitoring

The continuous, noninvasive monitoring of human blood pressure (BP) through the accurate detection of pulse waves has extremely stringent requirements on the sensitivity and stability of flexible strain sensors. In this study, a new ultrasensitive flexible strain sensor based on the interlayer syner...

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Published in:ACS applied materials & interfaces 2024-05, Vol.16 (20), p.26943-26953
Main Authors: Yuan, Lin, Gao, Xiaoguang, Kang, Ranran, Zhang, Xiaoliang, Meng, Xuejuan, Li, Xiaochun, Li, Xiujun
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Blood Pressure - physiology
Blood Pressure Determination - instrumentation
Blood Pressure Determination - methods
Dimethylpolysiloxanes - chemistry
Graphite - chemistry
Humans
Male
Nanostructures - chemistry
Nanowires - chemistry
Silver - chemistry
Surfaces, Interfaces, and Applications
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Summary:The continuous, noninvasive monitoring of human blood pressure (BP) through the accurate detection of pulse waves has extremely stringent requirements on the sensitivity and stability of flexible strain sensors. In this study, a new ultrasensitive flexible strain sensor based on the interlayer synergistic effect was fabricated through drop-casting and drying silver nanowires and graphene films on polydimethylsiloxane substrates and was further successfully applied for continuous monitoring of BP. This strain sensor exhibited ultrahigh sensitivity with a maximum gauge factor of 34357.2 (∼700% sensitivity enhancement over other major sensors), satisfactory response time (∼85 ms), wide strange range (12%), and excellent stability. An interlayer fracture mechanism was proposed to elucidate the working principle of the strain sensor. The real-time BP values can be obtained by analyzing the relationship between the BP and the pulse transit time. To verify our strain sensor for real-time BP monitoring, our strain sensor was compared with a conventional electrocardiogram–photoplethysmograph method and a commercial cuff-based device and showed similar measurement results to BP values from both methods, with only minor differences of 0.693, 0.073, and 0.566 mmHg in the systolic BP, diastolic BP, and mean arterial pressure, respectively. Furthermore, the reliability of the strain sensors was validated by testing 20 human subjects for more than 50 min. This ultrasensitive strain sensor provides a new pathway for continuous and noninvasive BP monitoring.
ISSN:1944-8244
1944-8252
DOI:10.1021/acsami.4c04134