Highly sensitive microfluidic strain sensors with low hysteresis using a binary mixture of ionic liquid and ethylene glycol

•Development of a new type of strain sensors by applying a microfluidic technique.•Reduction of signal hysteresis by introducing a binary mixture of ionic liquid and ethylene glycol.•Enhancement of sensing performance of the liquid-type strain sensors with high gauge factor. We present a simple liqu...

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