A Flexible Two-Sensor System for Temperature and Bending Angle Monitoring
A wearable electronic system constructed with multiple sensors with different functions to obtain multidimensional information is essential for making accurate assessments of a person’s condition, which is especially beneficial for applications in the areas of health monitoring, clinical diagnosis,...
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| author | Yifeng Mu Rou Feng Qibei Gong Yuxuan Liu Xijun Jiang Youfan Hu |
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| description | A wearable electronic system constructed with multiple sensors with different functions to obtain multidimensional information is essential for making accurate assessments of a person’s condition, which is especially beneficial for applications in the areas of health monitoring, clinical diagnosis, and therapy. In this work, using polyimide films as substrates and Pt as the constituent material of serpentine structures, flexible temperature and angle sensors were designed that can be attached to the surface of an object or the human body for monitoring purposes. In these sensors, changes in temperature and bending angle are converted into variations in resistance through thermal resistance and strain effects with a sensitivity of 0.00204/°C for temperatures in the range of 25 to 100 °C and a sensitivity of 0.00015/° for bending angles in the range of 0° to 150°. With an appropriate layout design, two sensors were integrated to measure temperature and bending angles simultaneously in order to obtain decoupled, compensated, and more accurate information of temperature and angle. Finally, the system was tested by being attached to the surface of a knee joint, demonstrating its application potential in disease diagnosis, such as in arthritis assessment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-15e8b275992f41c6a0d6e457d73d13fc2023-11-21T22:09:02ZengMDPI AGMaterials1996-19442021-05-011411296210.3390/ma14112962A Flexible Two-Sensor System for Temperature and Bending Angle MonitoringYifeng Mu0Rou Feng1Qibei Gong2Yuxuan Liu3Xijun Jiang4Youfan Hu5Hunan Institute of Advanced Sensing and Information Technology, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, ChinaHunan Institute of Advanced Sensing and Information Technology, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, ChinaHunan Institute of Advanced Sensing and Information Technology, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, ChinaHunan Institute of Advanced Sensing and Information Technology, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, ChinaHunan Institute of Advanced Sensing and Information Technology, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, ChinaHunan Institute of Advanced Sensing and Information Technology, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, ChinaA wearable electronic system constructed with multiple sensors with different functions to obtain multidimensional information is essential for making accurate assessments of a person’s condition, which is especially beneficial for applications in the areas of health monitoring, clinical diagnosis, and therapy. In this work, using polyimide films as substrates and Pt as the constituent material of serpentine structures, flexible temperature and angle sensors were designed that can be attached to the surface of an object or the human body for monitoring purposes. In these sensors, changes in temperature and bending angle are converted into variations in resistance through thermal resistance and strain effects with a sensitivity of 0.00204/°C for temperatures in the range of 25 to 100 °C and a sensitivity of 0.00015/° for bending angles in the range of 0° to 150°. With an appropriate layout design, two sensors were integrated to measure temperature and bending angles simultaneously in order to obtain decoupled, compensated, and more accurate information of temperature and angle. Finally, the system was tested by being attached to the surface of a knee joint, demonstrating its application potential in disease diagnosis, such as in arthritis assessment.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/14/11/2962flexible sensorstemperatureanglearthritiswearable electronics |
| spellingShingle | Yifeng Mu Rou Feng Qibei Gong Yuxuan Liu Xijun Jiang Youfan Hu A Flexible Two-Sensor System for Temperature and Bending Angle Monitoring Materials flexible sensors temperature angle arthritis wearable electronics |
| title | A Flexible Two-Sensor System for Temperature and Bending Angle Monitoring |
| title_full | A Flexible Two-Sensor System for Temperature and Bending Angle Monitoring |
| title_fullStr | A Flexible Two-Sensor System for Temperature and Bending Angle Monitoring |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Flexible Two-Sensor System for Temperature and Bending Angle Monitoring |
| title_short | A Flexible Two-Sensor System for Temperature and Bending Angle Monitoring |
| title_sort | flexible two sensor system for temperature and bending angle monitoring |
| topic | flexible sensors temperature angle arthritis wearable electronics |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/14/11/2962 |
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