Metal-Elastomer Surface Deformation Control on Super-Compressible Strain Transducer Arrays

Cong Wang; Bin Xu; Jonathan Terry; Stewart Smith; Anthony Walton; Yifan Li

doi:10.1109/ifetc.2018.8583995

Metal-Elastomer Surface Deformation Control on Super-Compressible Strain Transducer Arrays

Cong Wang, Bin Xu, Jonathan Terry, Stewart Smith, Anthony Walton, Yifan Li

Mechanical and Construction Engineering Department

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Abstract

This paper reports the metal-elastomer surface deformation control strategy of a strain transducer array capable of measuring compressive strains up to 60%. Pairs of multi-finger electrodes separated by different inter-digit gap distances are forced into contact by induced surface creasing deformation at different strains. Test structures have been developed to explore and optimize the electrode-elastomer hybrid surface deformation. The deformation is due to large compressive strains in the “x-direction” but stretching caused by the Poisson effect
can also take place in the “y-direction”.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IEEE International Flexible Electronics Technology Conference
Place of Publication	Piscataway
Publisher	IEEE
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538633571
ISBN (Print)	9781538633588
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ifetc.2018.8583995
Publication status	Published - 8 Aug 2018
Event	2018 IEEE International Flexible Electronics Technology Conference : “The future is flexible” - Ottawa, Canada Duration: 7 Aug 2018 → 9 Aug 2018

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Conference	2018 IEEE International Flexible Electronics Technology Conference
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Ottawa
Period	7/08/18 → 9/08/18

Keywords

elastomer
elastic instability
wrinkle
crease
strain sensing
test structure
stretchable electronics

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Wang, C, Xu, B, Terry, J, Smith, S, Walton, A & Li, Y 2018, Metal-Elastomer Surface Deformation Control on Super-Compressible Strain Transducer Arrays. in IEEE International Flexible Electronics Technology Conference. IEEE, Piscataway, 2018 IEEE International Flexible Electronics Technology Conference , Ottawa, Canada, 7/08/18. https://doi.org/10.1109/ifetc.2018.8583995

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