The design and fabrication of self-adhesive flexible surface EMG electrode array based on in-situ Joule heat treatment
With the development of flexible electronics,epidermal electronics have played an increasingly prominent role in human-computer interaction.However,the stability and reliability of flexible devices remain a challenge for their widespread applications.In this paper,a surface electromyography(sEMG)electrode array is designed with polyvinyl alcohol as the substrate and gold(Au)as the electrode layer.The active area is accurately treated by in-situ Joule heating to improve the crystallinity and modulus to enhance the electrode stability.The sEMG electrode array can conformally attach to the skin,and an sEMG signal with high signal-to-noise(~21.3 dB)can be recorded for over 8 hours.Further research on the application of gesture recognition based on the sEMG signal was conducted,and the recognition rate reached 99.27%.The above results show that the preparation method of the sEMG electrode array proposed in this study is simple and efficient,can work stably for a long time,and can be applied in the field of human-computer interaction based on sEMG signals.