Application of strain-sensitive graphite layers on fabric

The possibility of manufacturing wearable electronics elements, for example, strain gauges or antennas of RFID tags, by applying or locally applying a layer of electrically conductive graphite polymer compositions to the surface of a fabric (knitwear) using printing technologies has been studied. The pliable tape-shaped prints can be used as strain gauges to be placed on human clothing or robot arms. The tensile limits of sensors made on fibrous substrates of various structures using graphite dispersions in the form of powders and aerosols have been established. The strain sensitivity coefficients of the sensors are determined. The advantage of glueless spraying of a liquid composition of graphite in the form of an aerosol onto fibrous materials is shown.