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The proposed sensor has remarkable superiorities, including high sensitivity, high repeatability, a simple manufacturing procedure and low initial cost. In this sensor, multi-walled carbon nanotubes were assembled onto a polydimethylsiloxane film with a pyramidal microarray structure through a layer-by-layer self-assembly system. It was found that when the applied external pressure deformed the pyramid microarray structure on the surface of the polydimethylsiloxane film, the resistance of the sensor varied linearly as the pressure changed. Tests that were performed on sensor samples with different self-assembled layers showed that the pressure sensitivity of the sensor could reach     \u2212 2.65   \u00a0 \u00a0 kPa   \u2212 1      , which ensured the high dynamic response ability and the high stability of the sensor. Moreover, it was proven that the sensor could be applied as a strain sensor under the tensile force to reflect the stretching extent or the bending object. Finally, a flexible pressure sensor was installed on five fingers and the back of the middle finger of a glove. The obtained results from grabbing different weights and different shapes of objects showed that the flexible pressure sensor not only reflected the change in the finger tactility during the grasping process, but also reflected the bending degree of fingers, which had a significant practical prospect.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s19224985","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,11,15]],"date-time":"2019-11-15T11:24:32Z","timestamp":1573817072000},"page":"4985","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":32,"title":["Flexible Piezoresistive Sensor with the Microarray Structure Based on Self-Assembly of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"19","author":[{"given":"Peng","family":"Zhang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory for Robot Intelligent Technology of Shandong Province, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yucheng","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory for Robot Intelligent Technology of Shandong Province, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yuxia","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory for Robot Intelligent Technology of Shandong Province, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yun","family":"Zhao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Inner Mongolia Aerospace Honggang Machinery Corporation Limited, Huhhot 010076, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Wei","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Electronics and Information Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Shuyuan","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory for Robot Intelligent Technology of Shandong Province, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Liangsong","family":"Huang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory for Robot Intelligent Technology of Shandong Province, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,11,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"53","DOI":"10.1089\/soro.2013.0005","article-title":"Flexible and stretchable electronics paving the way for soft robotics","volume":"1","author":"Lu","year":"2014","journal-title":"Soft Robot."},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Ji, Z.P., Zhu, H., Liu, H.C., Liu, N., Chen, T., Yang, Z., and Sun, L.N. 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