Duan Qianqian

Highly sensitive wearable strain sensor based on silver nanowires and nanoparticles

Here, we propose a highly sensitive and stretchable strain sensor based on silver nanoparticles and nanowires (Ag NPs and NWs), advancing the rapid development of electronic skin. To improve the sensitivity of strain sensors based on silver nanowires (Ag NWs), Ag NPs and NWs were added to polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) as an aid filler. Silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) increase the conductive paths for electrons, leading to the low resistance of the resulting sensor (14.9 Ω). The strain sensor based on Ag NPs and NWs showed strong piezoresistivity with a tunable gauge factor (GF) at 3766, and a change in resistance as the strain linearly increased from 0% to 28.1%. The high GF demonstrates the irreplaceable role of Ag NPs in the sensor. Moreover, the applicability of our high-performance strain sensor has been demonstrated by its ability to sense movements caused by human talking, finger bending, wrist raising and walking.

Abnormal Visible Luminescence Mechanism of Tb3+-Yb3+ Codoped SiO2-Al2O3-CaF2 Glass Studied by Time-Resolved Spectra

The upconversion energy transfer mechanism in Tb3+-Yb3+ co-doped SiO2-Al2O3-CaF2 glass is investigated by time-resolved spectra. The effect of donor ion Yb3+ is involved in the dynamic decay behavior of acceptor ion Tb3+, which provides direct proof for the energy transfer from Yb3+ to Tb3+. The pump power dependence curves show that the upconversion luminescence is a two-photon process. The measured decay curves of the 5D4 state (Tb3+) contain two parts: a slow decay process corresponding to its radiation, and a fast one with a decay parameter approximately twice the lifetime of the 2F5/2 state (Yb3+). The fast decay process is contradictory to the generally accepted cooperative sensitization upconversion rate equation model. Since the effect of the host environmental is excluded by comparative experiments, we believe that there should be another energy transfer mechanism in Tb3+-Yb3+ co-doped SiO2-Al2O3-CaF2 glass in addition to the cooperative sensitization process.