Conducting Polymers for the Design of Tactile Sensors
This paper provides an overview of the application of conducting polymers (CPs) used in the design of tactile sensors. While conducting polymers can be used as a base in a variety of forms, such as films, particles, matrices, and fillers, the CPs generally remain the same. This paper, first, discuss...
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| author | Urte Samukaite Bubniene Vilma Ratautaite Arunas Ramanavicius Vytautas Bucinskas |
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| description | This paper provides an overview of the application of conducting polymers (CPs) used in the design of tactile sensors. While conducting polymers can be used as a base in a variety of forms, such as films, particles, matrices, and fillers, the CPs generally remain the same. This paper, first, discusses the chemical and physical properties of conducting polymers. Next, it discusses how these polymers might be involved in the conversion of mechanical effects (such as pressure, force, tension, mass, displacement, deformation, torque, crack, creep, and others) into a change in electrical resistance through a charge transfer mechanism for tactile sensing. Polypyrrole, polyaniline, poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene), polydimethylsiloxane, and polyacetylene, as well as application examples of conducting polymers in tactile sensors, are overviewed. Attention is paid to the additives used in tactile sensor development, together with conducting polymers. There is a long list of additives and composites, used for different purposes, namely: cotton, polyurethane, PDMS, fabric, Ecoflex, Velostat, MXenes, and different forms of carbon such as graphene, MWCNT, etc. Some design aspects of the tactile sensor are highlighted. The charge transfer and operation principles of tactile sensors are discussed. Finally, some methods which have been applied for the design of sensors based on conductive polymers, are reviewed and discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2470b3b9239c479ca108c82e0bd17b282023-12-03T12:55:53ZengMDPI AGPolymers2073-43602022-07-011415298410.3390/polym14152984Conducting Polymers for the Design of Tactile SensorsUrte Samukaite Bubniene0Vilma Ratautaite1Arunas Ramanavicius2Vytautas Bucinskas3Department of Mechatronics, Robotics and Digital Manufacturing, Faculty of Mechanics, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, J. Basanaviciaus Str. 28, LT-03224 Vilnius, LithuaniaDepartment of Nanotechnology, State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Sauletekio Av. 3, LT-10257 Vilnius, LithuaniaDepartment of Nanotechnology, State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Sauletekio Av. 3, LT-10257 Vilnius, LithuaniaDepartment of Mechatronics, Robotics and Digital Manufacturing, Faculty of Mechanics, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, J. Basanaviciaus Str. 28, LT-03224 Vilnius, LithuaniaThis paper provides an overview of the application of conducting polymers (CPs) used in the design of tactile sensors. While conducting polymers can be used as a base in a variety of forms, such as films, particles, matrices, and fillers, the CPs generally remain the same. This paper, first, discusses the chemical and physical properties of conducting polymers. Next, it discusses how these polymers might be involved in the conversion of mechanical effects (such as pressure, force, tension, mass, displacement, deformation, torque, crack, creep, and others) into a change in electrical resistance through a charge transfer mechanism for tactile sensing. Polypyrrole, polyaniline, poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene), polydimethylsiloxane, and polyacetylene, as well as application examples of conducting polymers in tactile sensors, are overviewed. Attention is paid to the additives used in tactile sensor development, together with conducting polymers. There is a long list of additives and composites, used for different purposes, namely: cotton, polyurethane, PDMS, fabric, Ecoflex, Velostat, MXenes, and different forms of carbon such as graphene, MWCNT, etc. Some design aspects of the tactile sensor are highlighted. The charge transfer and operation principles of tactile sensors are discussed. Finally, some methods which have been applied for the design of sensors based on conductive polymers, are reviewed and discussed.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/14/15/2984conducting polymerstactile sensorsconductivitypolypyrrole (Ppy)polyaniline (PANI)poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) |
| spellingShingle | Urte Samukaite Bubniene Vilma Ratautaite Arunas Ramanavicius Vytautas Bucinskas Conducting Polymers for the Design of Tactile Sensors Polymers conducting polymers tactile sensors conductivity polypyrrole (Ppy) polyaniline (PANI) poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) |
| title | Conducting Polymers for the Design of Tactile Sensors |
| title_full | Conducting Polymers for the Design of Tactile Sensors |
| title_fullStr | Conducting Polymers for the Design of Tactile Sensors |
| title_full_unstemmed | Conducting Polymers for the Design of Tactile Sensors |
| title_short | Conducting Polymers for the Design of Tactile Sensors |
| title_sort | conducting polymers for the design of tactile sensors |
| topic | conducting polymers tactile sensors conductivity polypyrrole (Ppy) polyaniline (PANI) poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/14/15/2984 |
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