Porous Nylon with Electro-Active Dopants as Flexible Sensors and Actuators
Date Issued
2008
Date
2008
Author(s)
Yu, Song-Lin
Abstract
This paper presents rapid fabrication process and characterization of porous nylon with electro-active dopants for the applications of flexible tactile sensor array, temperature sensor array, moisture sensor and actuator. Porous nylon was used as the matrix integrated on a flexible copper-PI film, which provided flexible mechanical properties. Inside the matrix, polypyrrole was electrochemically deposited on the pre-defined interdigitated copper electrodes and acted as conductive dopant. The electro-mechanical characteristics of the fabricated sensors for different applications were measured. The deformation of the electro-active actuator was simulated.
Subjects
composite polymer
porous polymer
tactile sensor array
temperature sensor array
moisture sensor
polymer actuator
flexible device
Type
thesis
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