Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Fully Additively 3D Manufactured Conductive Deformable Sensors for Pressure Sensing |
| Authors: |
Carlo Massaroni, Loy Vitali, Daniela Lo Presti, Sergio Silvestri, Emiliano Schena |
| Source: |
Advanced Intelligent Systems, Vol 6, Iss 8, Pp n/a-n/a (2024) |
| Publisher Information: |
Wiley, 2024. |
| Publication Year: |
2024 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Computer engineering. Computer hardware |
| Subject Terms: |
3D printing, additive manufacturing, conductive thermoplastic polyurethane, pressure sensors, wearable sensors, Computer engineering. Computer hardware, TK7885-7895, Control engineering systems. Automatic machinery (General), TJ212-225 |
| More Details: |
Additive manufacturing technologies increasingly revolutionize current production techniques for object manufacturing. Particularly, fused deposition modeling (FDM) strongly impacts production processes by enabling the cost‐effective and efficient creation of structures with complex designs and innovative geometries. The use of conductive filaments in FDM printing is paving the way for the advancement of entirely printed sensors and circuits, although this domain is still in its early stages. In this article, the design and production of bilayer deformable pressure sensors fabricated using conductive thermoplastic polyurethane are investigated. The potential to vary the mechanical and electrical characteristics of FDM‐printed components by adjusting printing parameters is explored. The influence of different levels of material infill (20%, 50%, and 100%) and different contact geometries between layers (domes, pyramids, and cylinders) is studied. Electromechanical tests are carried out to characterize the sensor, applying pressures up to 22 kPa. The 3D‐printed pressure sensors demonstrate tunable mechanical and electrical sensitivities at different infill values, with the highest value of −6.3 kPa−1 achieved by using a pyramid layer at 100% infill. Sensor outputs registered during cyclic tests show reproducible responses with a wide range of sensitivity, paving the way for applicability in recording both static and periodic pressure changes. |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
2640-4567 |
| Relation: |
https://doaj.org/toc/2640-4567 |
| DOI: |
10.1002/aisy.202300901 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/3608648120a14e4b8c0496d8d78cadf9 |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.3608648120a14e4b8c0496d8d78cadf9 |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
