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Flexible electro‐optical dual‐mode sensor fibers with capability of the perceiving and converting mechanical stimuli into digital‐visual signals show good prospects in smart human‐machine interaction interfaces. However, heavy mass, low stretchability, and lack of non‐contact sensing function seriously impede their practical application in wearable electronics. To address these challenges, a stretchable and self‐powered mechanoluminescent triboelectric nanogenerator fiber (MLTENGF) based on lightweight carbon nanotube fiber is successfully constructed. Taking advantage of their mechanoluminescent‐triboelectric synergistic effect, the well‐designed MLTENGF delivers an excellent enhancement electrical signal of 200% and an evident optical signal whether on land or underwater. More encouragingly, the MLTENGF device possesses outstanding stability with almost unchanged sensitivity after stretching for 200%. Furthermore, an extraordinary non‐contact sensing capability with a detection distance of up to 35 cm is achieved for the MLTENGF. As application demonstrations, MLTENGFs can be used for home security monitoring, intelligent zither, traffic vehicle collision avoidance, and underwater communication. Thus, this work accelerates the development of wearable electro‐optical textile electronics for smart human‐machine interaction interfaces. Stretchable and self‐powered mechanoluminescent triboelectric nanogenerator fiber (MLTENGF) is successfully assembled for smart human‐machine interaction applications. Benefiting from their mechanoluminescent‐triboelectric synergistic effect, the resulting MLTENGF demonstrates prominent electro‐optical signals in response to mechanical stimulus in amphibious environments. Furthermore, such MLTENGF possesses remarkable non‐contact capability with a detection distance of as high as 35 cm.

The integration of a display function with wearable interactive sensors offers a promising way to synchronously detect physiological signals and visualize pressure/stimuli. However, combining these two functions in a strain sensor textile is a longstanding challenge due to the physical separation of sensors and display units. Here, a water-stable luminescent perovskite hydrogel (emission band approximately 25 nm) is constructed by blending as-prepared CsPbBr 3 @PbBr(OH) with stretchable polyacrylamide (PAM) hydrogels. The facile introduction of CsPbBr 3 @PbBr(OH) endows the hydrogels with excellent optical properties and a high mechanical strength of 51.3 kPa at a fracture strain of 740%. Interestingly, the resulting hydrogels retain bright green fluorescence under conditions including water, ultraviolet light, and extensive stretching (> 700%). As a proof-of-concept, a novel wearable stretchable strain sensor textile based on these hydrogels is developed, and it displays visual-digital synergetic strain detection ability. It can perceive various motions on the human body in real time with electronic output signals from changes in resistance and simultaneously readable optical output signals, whether on land or underwater. This work provides a meaningful guide to rationally design perovskite hydrogels and accelerates the development of wearable visual-digital strain sensor textiles. Graphical Abstract

The performance degradation and even damage of the e-textiles caused by sweat, water, or submersion during all-weather health monitoring are the main reasons that e-textiles have not been commercialized and routinized so far. Herein, we developed an amphibious, high-performance, air-permeable, and comfortable all-textile triboelectric sensor for continuous and precise measurement of epidermal pulse waves during full-day activities. Based on the principle of preparing gas by acid-base neutralization reaction, a one-piece preparation process of amphibious conductive yarn (ACY) with densely porous structures is proposed. An innovative three-dimensional (3D) interlocking fabric knitted from ACYs (0.6 mm in diameter) and polytetrafluoroethylene yarns exhibit high sensitivity (0.433 V·kPa −1 ), wide bandwidth (up to 10 Hz), and stability (> 30,000 cycles). With these benefits, 98.8% agreement was achieved between wrist pulse waves acquired by the sensor and a high-precision laser vibrometer. Furthermore, the polytetrafluoroethylene yarn with good compression resilience provides sufficient mechanical support for the contact separation of the ACYs. Meanwhile, the unique skeletonized design of the 3D interlocking structure can effectively relieve the water pressure on the sensor surface to obtain stable and accurate pulse waves (underwater depth of 5 cm). This achievement represents an important step in improving the practicality of e-textiles and early diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases.