Table 2 Summary of the sensitivity, resolution, and detection limit of some of the demonstrated flexible physical sensing platforms
From: Emerging flexible and wearable physical sensing platforms for healthcare and biomedical applications
Sensing platforms | Sensor types | Sensitivity | Unit | Resolution | Unit | Detection limit | Unit | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Solid-state | AuNW-based pressure sensor | >1.14 | kPa−1 | N.A. |  | 13 | Pa | |
Solid-state | CNT-based tactile sensor | 27.8 to 9617 | G.F. | N.A. | Â | 100 | Pa | |
Solid-state | SiNR tactile sensor | 0.000315 to 0.0041 | kPa−1 | N.A. |  | 87 | kPa | |
Solid-state | PEDOT:PSS-based pressure sensor | 4.88 to 10.3 | kPa−1 | N.A. |  | 0.37 to 5.9 | kPa | |
Solid-state | ITO-based pressure sensor | 8.4×10-5 to 0.45 | kPa−1 | 1 to 5 | mm | 1 to 1800 | kPa | |
Solid-state | CNT-based tactile sensor | 0.004 | G.F. | N.A. | Â | 50 | kPa | |
Solid-state | CNT-based strain gauge | 1 | G.F. | N.A. | Â | N.A. | Â | |
Solid-state | CNT-based strain sensor | 0.06 to 0.82 | G.F. | N.A. | Â | N.A. | Â | |
Solid-state | Pt nanofiber-based strain gauge | 0.75 to 11.45 | G.F. | N.A. | Â | 5 | Pa | |
Solid-state | CNT/PEDOT:PSS-based strain sensor | 62.3 to 109 | G.F. | N.A. | Â | N.A. | Â | |
Solid-state | CNT-based tactile sensor | 0.034 to 0.05 (for <0.1 kPa) and 0.5 (for >10 kPa) | kPa−1 (for <0.1 kPa) and MPa−1 (for >10 kPa) | N.A. |  | 0.4 | Pa | |
Solid-state | AgNW-based pressure sensor | 0.88 to 5.54 | kPa−1 | 5 | Pa | 8 | Pa | |
Liquid-state | eGaIn-based strain sensor | 0.97 to 3.57 | G.F. | 5% | Strain | 5% | Strain | |
Liquid-state | Galinstan-based pressure sensor | N.A. | Â | 2.5 | kPa | 2.5 | kPa | |
Solid-state | CNT/PEDOT:PSS/AgNP-based temperature and strain sensor | 0.01 | mN−1 | 10 | μm | 1 | mN | |
Solid-state | CNT-based strain sensor | 0.26 to 1.13 | G.F. | N.A. | Â | N.A. | Â | |
Solid-state | Graphene-based strain sensor | 2.4 to 14 | G.F. | N.A. | Â | N.A. | Â | |
Solid-state | Graphene-based strain sensor | 0.11 to 9.49 | G.F. | 20 | μm | N.A. |  | |
Solid-state | AgNW-based strain sensor | 2 to 14 | G.F. | N.A. | Â | N.A. | Â | |
Solid-state | Graphene-based strain sensor | 10 to 35 | G.F. | N.A. | Â | N.A. | Â | |
Solid-state | Carbon black-based strain sensor | 1.8 to 5.5 | G.F. | N.A. | Â | N.A. | Â | |
Liquid-state | 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tricyanomethanide-based tactile sensor | 0.43 | nF kPa−1 | 1 to 3 | mm | 33 | Pa | |
Liquid-state | 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tricyanomethanide-based pressure sensor | 29.8 | nF kPa−1 | 5 | mm | 100 | mN | |
Liquid-state | GO nanosuspension-based tactile sensor | 0.0338 | kPa−1 | N.A. |  | 7 | mN | |
Solid-state | Au-based tactile sensor | 0.001 to 0.01 | kPa−1 | N.A. |  | 5 to 405 | kPa |