Design and manufacturing of an array of micro IPMC hair-like sensors

Akle, Barbar J.; Tawk, Charbel; Challita, Elio

Design and manufacturing of an array of micro IPMC hair-like sensors

Akle, Barbar J.; Tawk, Charbel; Challita, Elio

URL: https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/9798/979816/Design-and-manufacturing-of-an-array-of-micro-IPMC-hair/10.1117/12.2220776.short

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2220776

Date: 2018-01-22

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Abstract:

Ionic Polymer Metal Composites (IPMCs) are known to be compliant, reliable and able to produce a large current when deformed under a wide range of frequencies. In a previous study, our group demonstrated that cylindrical IPMC hair-like transducers can be used as mechano-electrical sensors. In this paper we characterize the sensing performance of the IPMC hair-like sensor and present methodologies on how to increase its sensitivity while reducing its size. Furthermore an array of 4 hair-cell sensors is built and characterized for tactile sensing texture detection.

Citation:

Akle, B. J., Tawk, C., & Challita, E. (2016, April). Design and manufacturing of an array of micro IPMC hair-like sensors. In SPIE Smart Structures and Materials+ Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring (pp. 979816-979816). International Society for Optics and Photonics.