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LASER Reduced Graphene on Flexible Substrate for Strain Sensing Applications: Temperature Effect on Gauge Factor

Key Engineering Materials • 2015
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Authors Sahour Sayed, Mohammed Gamil, Fath El-Bab, MR Ahmed, Abd Elmoneim, Ahmed Abd El Moneim
Keywords Graphene film synthesis; LASER reduced graphene; Flexible strain sensors; Graphene piezoresistivity; Graphene gauge factor
Journal Key Engineering Materials
Publisher Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland
Volume 644
Issue Not Available
Pages 115-119
publication.type International
Paper Link Open Link
Supplementary Materials Not Available
Abstract
New technique is developed to synthesize graphene film on flexible substrate for strain sensing applications. A flexible graphene/Poly-ethylene Terephthalate (PET) strain sensor based on graphene piezoresistivity is produced by a new simple low cost technique. Graphene oxide film on PET substrate is reduced and patterned simultaneously using 2 Watt CO 2 LASER beam. The synthesized graphene film is characterized by XRD, FT-IR, SEM, and Raman techniques. Commercial strain gauges are used to predict experimentally the gauge factor (GF) of the graphene film at different values of applied strain. The stability of the graphene film and its GF are studied at different operating temperatures. The fabricated sensor showed high GF of 78 with great linearity and stability up to 60 oC.