5G NB-IoT System Integrated with High-Performance Fiber Sensor Inspired by Cirrus and Spider Structures

Overview

Journal Adv Sci (Weinh)

Specialty Biomedical Engineering

Date 2024 Mar 9

PMID 38460163

Authors

Lijun Lu

Guosheng Hu

Jingquan Liu

Bin Yang

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Abstract

Real-time telemedicine detection can solve the problem of the shortage of public medical resources caused by the coming aging society. However, the development of such an integrated monitoring system is hampered by the need for high-performance sensors and the strict-requirement of long-distance signal transmission and reproduction. Here, a bionic crack-spring fiber sensor (CSFS) inspired by spider leg and cirrus whiskers for stretchable and weavable electronics is reported. Trans-scale conductive percolation networks of multilayer graphene around the surface of outer spring-like Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) fibers and printing Ag enable a high sensitivity of 28475.6 and broad sensing range over 250%. The electromechanical changes in different stretching stages are simulated by Comsol to explain the response mechanism. The CSFS is incorporated into the fabric and realized the human-machine interactions (HMIs) for robot control. Furthermore, the 5G Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) system is developed for human healthcare data collection, transmission, and reproduction together with the integration of the CSFS, illustrating the huge potential of the approach in human-machine communication interfaces and intelligent telemedicine rehabilitation and diagnosis monitoring.

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