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

本项目公司的具体问题是为**可拉伸电子器件实现一个耦合的机电径向测试仪。这样一个系统的设计需要广泛的可拉伸导体，这些导体将由学术合作伙伴制造。该项目是由百**加拿大多轴机械测试仪制造商Biomomentum Inc和柔性/可拉伸电子产品专家Fabio Cicoira教授（Polytechnique montracimal）合作完成的。**目前市场上没有耦合机电测试仪。Biomomentum在机械测试方面已经享誉全球，该公司希望成为第一家提供此类产品的公司。灵活、可拉伸和透明的电子材料在无数新颖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。这些新领域的电子技术的进步是在材料科学几十年的深入研究和开发之后取得的，这些研究和开发导致了材料**结合了通常相互排斥的特性。例如，具有高机械顺应性、导电性和透明度的材料现在已经成为现实。**为了帮助Biomomentum公司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，并用它来测试几种可拉伸的电子材料**在大范围的机械强度和导电性。**该项目的预期影响将是：(i)帮助Biomomentum成为世界领先的机电测试仪供应商，（ii）在可拉伸电子方面产生新的加拿大专业知识，（iii）培训学术界和工业界都非常需要的高素质人才，（iv）通过促进参与者之间的新研究伙伴关系来弥合学术界和工业界之间的差距。

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.