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Advanced Fiber Materials
Vol. 6, Issue 3, 00381 (2024)

Waterproof Iontronic Yarn for Highly Sensitive Biomechanical Strain Monitoring in Wearable Electronics

Zhiping Feng¹, Qiang He¹, Xue Wang², Jing Qiu¹..., Hongbing Wu¹, Yinggang Lin¹, Yufen Wu^2,* and Jin Yang^1,**|Show fewer author(s)

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¹Department of Optoelectronic Engineering, Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Technology and Systems, Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing China, 400044

²College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 400044, China

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Zhiping Feng, Qiang He, Xue Wang, Jing Qiu, Hongbing Wu, Yinggang Lin, Yufen Wu, Jin Yang. Waterproof Iontronic Yarn for Highly Sensitive Biomechanical Strain Monitoring in Wearable Electronics[J]. Advanced Fiber Materials, 2024, 6(3): 00381 Copy Citation Text

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