Dual‐Functional Liquid Metal Fibers for Machine‐Learning‐Assisted Gesture Recognition and Adaptive Thermal Management

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Authors: Yaqing Wang, Yuanyuan Shang, Fei Li, Gang Li, Shaobo Li, Fei Gao, Hailong Zhang, Yuanyuan Wu, Kun Zhang, Wenjing Dou, Yan He, Liu Y
+3 more Li Chen, Kelvin Fu, Baohui Shi
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Abstract

ABSTRACT Globally, over 100 million people with language barriers rely on sign language, but existing assistive technologies, constrained by environmental conditions or insufficient performance, fail to efficiently connect sign language with digital systems. This causes obstacles in education, healthcare, and employment. To address this, we developed a liquid metal‐based triaxial elastic conductive fiber (LM‐TECF) via continuous wet‐spinning. The fiber, composed of a eutectic gallium‐indium alloy dual conductive core and a thermoplastic polyurethane sheath, exhibits high conductivity (7.08 × 10 5 S/m), good mechanical softness (Young's modulus of about 0.2 ± 0.1 MPa), and excellent sensitivity (gauge factor of 0.539). In addition, the relative resistance change of the fiber under 300% tensile strain is only 86%, and there is no sharp increase in resistance or failure of the conductive path, which fully proves that it still has stable conductive properties under large deformation. Leveraging LM‐TECF, we developed a smart glove with 10 sensing channels, enabling real‐time finger kinematics monitoring (

Fields of Study & Subjects

Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Muscle activation and electromyography studies Dielectric materials and actuators

Publication details

Journal / source
Advanced Functional Materials
Publisher
Wiley
Volume
36
Issue
50
Publication date
1 June 2026
Language
EN