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Hyperelastic pressure sensing with a liquid-embedded elastomer

Park, Yong-Lae
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Majidi, Carmel
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Kramer, Rebecca
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2010
Journal Of Micromechanics And Microengineering

A hyperelastic pressure transducer is fabricated by embedding silicone rubber with microchannels of conductive liquid eutectic gallium-indium. Pressing the surface of the elastomer with pressures in the range of 0-100 kPa will deform the cross-section of underlying channels and change their electric resistance by as much as 50%. Microchannels with dimensions as small as 25 mu m are obtained with a maskless, soft lithography process that utilizes direct laser exposure. Change in electrical resistance is measured as a function of the magnitude and area of the surface pressure as well as the cross-sectional geometry, depth and relative lateral position of the embedded channel. These experimentally measured values closely match closed-form theoretical predictions derived from plane strain elasticity and contact mechanics.

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DOI
10.1088/0960-1317/20/12/125029
Web of Science ID

WOS:000284828500029

Author(s)
Park, Yong-Lae
Majidi, Carmel
Kramer, Rebecca
Berard, Phillipe
Wood, Robert J.
Date Issued

2010

Publisher

Institute of Physics

Published in
Journal Of Micromechanics And Microengineering
Volume

20

Issue

12

Article Number

125029

Subjects

Soft Lithography

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Sensor

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Electronics

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Silicon

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Skin

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Soft Robotics

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REVIEWED

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OTHER

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