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. 2020 Oct 14;10:17180. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-74337-w

Table 1.

Main features of some textile and wearable sensors for pH level and Chloride ions.

Active material Textile support Transduction mechanism Sensitivity Characterization solution Linear range Ref.
pH PEDOT:BTB Cotton, silk and polyester thread Electrochemically gated (13 ± 1) 10–3 pH unit−1 for Cotton Buffer/artificial sweat 4–7 This work
Iridium oxide film Nylon-based conducting fabric Potentiometric 47.54 mV/pH Buffer/real sweat 4–8 65
Thick film graphite-polyurethane composite cellulose-polyester blend cloth Potentiometric 4 mV/pH Buffer 6–9 66
PANi elastomeric gold fibers woven into a textile matrix Potentiometric 60.6 mV/pH Buffer/artificial sweat 4–8 67
Cl Ag/AgCl NPs Cotton, silk and polyester thread Electrochemically gated (167 ± 3) 10–3 dec−1 for Cotton Buffer/artificial sweat 10–115 mM This work
Ag ink PDMS Potentiometric − 51.02 mV/dec−1 NaCl, artificial sweat 10–160 mM 62
PEDOT:PSS Organic electrochemical transistor 150 10–3 dec−1 PBS, artificial and human sweat 1 mM–1 M 63
Ag NPs PET/Gore-Tex Voltammetric 292.2 µA M−1 Synthetic sweat 5–60 mM 64