Abstract
Sensors that detect and discriminate external mechanical forces are a principal component in the development of electronic tactile systems that can mimic the multifunctional properties of human skin. This study demonstrates a pyramid-plug structure for highly sensitive tactile sensors that enables them to detect pressure, shear force, and torsion. The device is composed of pyramid-patterned ionic gel inspired by neural mechanoreceptors and engraved electrodes. Based on a pyramid-plug structure, the deformation mechanism differs between different types of external mechanical loadings. The sensor provides the high sensitivities of 1.93 kPa −1 , 29.88 N −1 , and 3.39 (N cm) −1 , and a wide range of detection for tactile daily activity. Moreover, this tactile sensor could work through either of the two transduction methods (capacitive transduction and piezoresistive transduction). It is shown that this tactile sensor can be used to monitor changes in electrical signals ranging from those caused by human breathing to those caused by arbitrary multiplex human touching.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 1800284 |
| Journal | Advanced Materials Technologies |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2019 Mar |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This research was supported by the MSIT (Ministry of Science and ICT), Korea, under the “ICT Consilience Creative Program” (IITP-2018-2017-0-01015) supervised by the IITP (Institute for Information & Communications Technology Promotion). This work was also financially supported by the Center for Advanced Soft-Electronics under the Global Frontier Project (CASE-2014M3A6A5060932) of the National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT.
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All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Materials Science(all)
- Mechanics of Materials
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering