A Highly Elastic, Capacitive Strain Gauge Based on Percolating Nanotube Networks

作者:Cohen, Daniel J.*; Mitra, Debkishore; Peterson, Kevin; Maharbiz, Michel M.
来源:Nano Letters, 2012, 12(4): 1821-1825.
DOI:10.1021/nl204052z

摘要

We present a highly elastic strain gauge based on capacitive sensing of parallel, carbon nanotube-based percolation electrodes separated by a dielectric elastomer. The fabrication, relying on vacuum filtration of single-walled carbon nanotubes and hydrophobic patterning of silicone, is both rapid and inexpensive. We demonstrate reliable, linear performance over thousands of cycles at up to 100% strain with less than 3% variability and the highest reported gauge factor for a device of this class (0.99). We further demonstrate use of this sensor in a robotics context to transduce joint angles.

  • 出版日期2012-4