Tactile microsensor elements prepared from aligned superelastic carbon microcoils and polysilicone matrix
Tactile microsensor elements prepared from aligned superelastic carbon microcoils and polysilicone matrix
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DOI:
10.1088/0964-1726/15/3/003
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发表时间:
2006-06-01
影响因子:
4.1
通讯作者:
Motojima, S.
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作者:
Yang, Shaoming;Chen, Xiuqin;Motojima, S.
Superelastic carbon microcoils (SE-CMC) with coil diameters of 10-15 mu m and high elasticity were prepared by the Ni catalysed pyrolysis of acetylene. The SE-CMC could be extended and contracted to 5-10 times their original coil length; these effects accompanied changes in electrical parameters. The extension of the bulk SE-CMC sheets was highly sensitive to the applied load, and could respond to very low applied loads of the order of milligrams. Using the SE-CMCs as the sensing material and polysilicone resin as the composite matrix, tactile sensor elements with different alignments were prepared. It was found that the sensor elements had the high sensitivity of 1 mgf (1 Pa). The smallest dimensions of the SE-CMC microsensor elements obtained were 80 x 80 x 80 mu m(3) (the sensor was very small and the smallest detectable force was hard to measure). It was also found that the SE-CMC alignments in the matrix and the method of placement on the electrodes dramatically affected the sensing properties.