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Data Glove Using Soft and Stretchable Piezoresistive Sensors
This research investigates the design and implementation of elastomer-based piezoresistive strain sensors and applies them to a data glove to demonstrate their application. The piezoresistive strain sensors are made by mixing Ecoflex 00-30 and carbon-black nanoparticles and then using stencil and do...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8950149/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35334664 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi13030372 |
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author | Aw, Kean Budd, Jessica Wilshaw-Sparkes, Thomas |
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description | This research investigates the design and implementation of elastomer-based piezoresistive strain sensors and applies them to a data glove to demonstrate their application. The piezoresistive strain sensors are made by mixing Ecoflex 00-30 and carbon-black nanoparticles and then using stencil and doctor blading to deposit the piezoresistive traces as a mass fabrication technique. The primary objective is to integrate two sensing piezoresistive elements as one single-piece sensor that detects the bending angles of the metacarpophalangeal and proximal interphalangeal joints of each finger. Using a unique zig-zag pattern allows to selectively mask any unwanted piezoresistive sensing. The sensor has a gage factor of 0.68. Experiments conducted have demonstrated that the use of these soft, flexible, and stretchable piezoresistive sensors is repeatable and viable sensors for data-glove and has the potential for other wearable applications. |
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spelling | pubmed-89501492022-03-26 Data Glove Using Soft and Stretchable Piezoresistive Sensors Aw, Kean Budd, Jessica Wilshaw-Sparkes, Thomas Micromachines (Basel) Article This research investigates the design and implementation of elastomer-based piezoresistive strain sensors and applies them to a data glove to demonstrate their application. The piezoresistive strain sensors are made by mixing Ecoflex 00-30 and carbon-black nanoparticles and then using stencil and doctor blading to deposit the piezoresistive traces as a mass fabrication technique. The primary objective is to integrate two sensing piezoresistive elements as one single-piece sensor that detects the bending angles of the metacarpophalangeal and proximal interphalangeal joints of each finger. Using a unique zig-zag pattern allows to selectively mask any unwanted piezoresistive sensing. The sensor has a gage factor of 0.68. Experiments conducted have demonstrated that the use of these soft, flexible, and stretchable piezoresistive sensors is repeatable and viable sensors for data-glove and has the potential for other wearable applications. MDPI 2022-02-26 /pmc/articles/PMC8950149/ /pubmed/35334664 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi13030372 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Aw, Kean Budd, Jessica Wilshaw-Sparkes, Thomas Data Glove Using Soft and Stretchable Piezoresistive Sensors |
title | Data Glove Using Soft and Stretchable Piezoresistive Sensors |
title_full | Data Glove Using Soft and Stretchable Piezoresistive Sensors |
title_fullStr | Data Glove Using Soft and Stretchable Piezoresistive Sensors |
title_full_unstemmed | Data Glove Using Soft and Stretchable Piezoresistive Sensors |
title_short | Data Glove Using Soft and Stretchable Piezoresistive Sensors |
title_sort | data glove using soft and stretchable piezoresistive sensors |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8950149/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35334664 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi13030372 |
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