Design of a coupled electro-mechanical radial tester for stretchable electronics

可拉伸电子器件机电耦合径向测试仪的设计

• 批准号: 530603-2018
• 负责人: Cicoira, Fabio
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: École Polytechnique de Montréal
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Engage Grants Program
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2018-01-01 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=647746
• 关键词: Design; coupled; electro; mechanical; radial

The company specific problem in this project is to realize a coupled electro-mechanical radial tester for**stretchable electronics. The design of such a system requires a wide range of stretchable conductors, which will**be fabricated by the academic partner. The project is a partnership between Biomomentum Inc, a 100%**Canadian manufacturer of multiaxial mechanical testers, and Prof. Fabio Cicoira (Polytechnique Montréal), an**expert in flexible/stretchable electronics.**Coupled electro-mechanical testers are presently unavailable on the market. Biomomentum, already**well-known worldwide for mechanical testers, wants to become the first company to offer such a product.**Flexible, stretchable and transparent electronic materials are playing a central role in a myriad of novel**applications that are expected to become ubiquitous in our society, such as artificial muscles and skin, smart**textiles, biomedical devices, prosthetics and flexible displays. Progress in electronics for these new fields**comes after decades of intense research and development in materials science, which have resulted in materials**combining properties that are often mutually exclusive. For instance, materials showing high mechanical**compliance, conductivity and transparency are now a reality.**To assist Biomomentum in its effort design and conceive a coupled electro-mechanical tester, in this project we**will design and fabricate a prototype of the instrument and use it to test several stretchable electronic materials**over a wide range of mechanical strength and electrical conductivity.**The expected impact of this project will be: (i) helping Biomomentum to become a world-leading supplier of**electro-mechanical testers, (ii) producing new Canadian expertise in stretchable electronics, (iii) training highly**qualified personnel who will be in high demand from both academia and industry, (iv) bridging the gap**between academia and industry by fostering a new research partnership between the participants.

该公司在这个项目中的具体问题是实现一个耦合的机电径向测试 ** 可拉伸电子产品。这样一个系统的设计需要广泛的可拉伸导体，这将 ** 由学术合作伙伴制造。该项目是Biomomentum Inc（一家100%** 的加拿大多轴机械测试仪制造商）和Fabio Cicoira教授（蒙特利尔理工大学）之间的合作伙伴关系，Fabio Cicoira教授是柔性/可拉伸电子产品的专家。机电耦合测试仪目前在市场上不可用。Biomomentum已经在全球范围内以机械测试仪而闻名，希望成为第一家提供此类产品的公司。柔性、可拉伸和透明的电子材料在无数新的应用中发挥着核心作用，这些应用预计将在我们的社会中无处不在，如人造肌肉和皮肤、智能纺织品、生物医学设备、假肢和柔性显示器。这些新领域的电子学进展 ** 是在材料科学数十年的密集研究和开发之后取得的，这些研究和开发导致材料 ** 结合了通常相互排斥的特性。例如，具有高机械 ** 顺应性、导电性和透明性的材料现已成为现实。**为了帮助Biomomentum设计和构思一个耦合的机电测试仪，在这个项目中，我们将设计和制造一个仪器的原型，并使用它来测试几种可拉伸的电子材料 ** 在广泛的机械强度和导电性。该项目的预期影响将是：（i）帮助Biomomentum成为 ** 机电测试仪的世界领先供应商，（ii）产生加拿大在可拉伸电子产品方面的新专业知识，（iii）培训学术界和工业界都需要的高 ** 素质人才，（iv）通过促进参与者之间的新研究伙伴关系，弥合学术界和工业界之间的差距 **。