Recent Advances in Printed Capacitive Sensors

Rivadeneyra, Almudena; López‐Villanueva, J. A.

doi:10.3390/mi11040367

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“…Carbon dots materials have been studied for sensing devices implementations in IDE for their use for humidity sensors. Different to previous developed Cdots sensors for moisture content detection, our sensors present a capacitive response, which results in a lower power consumption and faster response in comparison with resistive behavior [47]. Furthermore, the sensors are Finally, we have calculated the sensitivity to RH and the thermal drift of the sensor at the different frequencies, S RH and S T (f), respectively using Equations (1) and (2).…”

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Carbon Dots as Sensing Layer for Printed Humidity and Temperature Sensors

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This work presents an innovative application of carbon dots (Cdots) nanoparticles as sensing layer for relative humidity detection. The developed sensor is based on interdigitated capacitive electrodes screen printed on a flexible transparent polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film. Cdots are deposited on top of these electrodes. An exhaustive characterization of the nanoparticles has been conducted along with the fabrication of the sensor structure. The accompanied experiments give all the sensibility to the Cdots, showing its dependence with temperature and exciting frequency. To the best of our knowledge, this work paves the path to the use of these kind of nanoparticles in printed flexible capacitive sensors aimed to be employed in the continuously expanding Internet of Things ecosystem.

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“…Printable capacitive electronics can also involve novel materials of carbon nanostructures and metallic nanowires. These extra features of printed electronics aid in enhancing the biodegradability, stretchability, or biocompatibility of capacitive-based force sensors (Rivadeneyra and López-Villanueva, 2020). Despite those advantages, the use of capacitive sensors in very highprecision applications has been limited by the compromised repeatability due to hysteresis and cross-talk.…”

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Tactile Sensing for Minimally Invasive Surgery: Conventional Methods and Potential Emerging Tactile Technologies

Othman¹,

Lai²,

Abril³

et al. 2022

Front. Robot. AI

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As opposed to open surgery procedures, minimally invasive surgery (MIS) utilizes small skin incisions to insert a camera and surgical instruments. MIS has numerous advantages such as reduced postoperative pain, shorter hospital stay, faster recovery time, and reduced learning curve for surgical trainees. MIS comprises surgical approaches, including laparoscopic surgery, endoscopic surgery, and robotic-assisted surgery. Despite the advantages that MIS provides to patients and surgeons, it remains limited by the lost sense of touch due to the indirect contact with tissues under operation, especially in robotic-assisted surgery. Surgeons, without haptic feedback, could unintentionally apply excessive forces that may cause tissue damage. Therefore, incorporating tactile sensation into MIS tools has become an interesting research topic. Designing, fabricating, and integrating force sensors onto different locations on the surgical tools are currently under development by several companies and research groups. In this context, electrical force sensing modality, including piezoelectric, resistive, and capacitive sensors, is the most conventionally considered approach to measure the grasping force, manipulation force, torque, and tissue compliance. For instance, piezoelectric sensors exhibit high sensitivity and accuracy, but the drawbacks of thermal sensitivity and the inability to detect static loads constrain their adoption in MIS tools. Optical-based tactile sensing is another conventional approach that facilitates electrically passive force sensing compatible with magnetic resonance imaging. Estimations of applied loadings are calculated from the induced changes in the intensity, wavelength, or phase of light transmitted through optical fibers. Nonetheless, new emerging technologies are also evoking a high potential of contributions to the field of smart surgical tools. The recent development of flexible, highly sensitive tactile microfluidic-based sensors has become an emerging field in tactile sensing, which contributed to wearable electronics and smart-skin applications. Another emerging technology is imaging-based tactile sensing that achieved superior multi-axial force measurements by implementing image sensors with high pixel densities and frame rates to track visual changes on a sensing surface. This article aims to review the literature on MIS tactile sensing technologies in terms of working principles, design requirements, and specifications. Moreover, this work highlights and discusses the promising potential of a few emerging technologies towards establishing low-cost, high-performance MIS force sensing.

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“…Capacitive sensing is another sensing approach to detect the presence and measure the concentration of chemical species by measuring the changes in the capacitance between two or more conductors in a dielectric environment [ 40 ]. Capacitive sensors have been prevalent for a long time, mostly for humidity and pH sensing, and have recently attracted interest in chemical sensing application due to their robustness, high sensitivity, and compatibility with CMOS technology [ 40 ]. Chemical capacitive sensors have simple structures comprising of two interdigitated electrodes (IDEs) coated with an ion-selective dielectric layer as shown in Figure 9 a [ 94 ].…”

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A Review of Corrosion in Aircraft Structures and Graphene-Based Sensors for Advanced Corrosion Monitoring

Chakik

Prakash

2021

Sensors

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Corrosion is an ever-present phenomena of material deterioration that affects all metal structures. Timely and accurate detection of corrosion is required for structural maintenance and effective management of structural components during their life cycle. The usage of aircraft materials has been primarily driven by the need for lighter, stronger, and more robust metal alloys, rather than mitigation of corrosion. As such, the overall cost of corrosion management and aircraft downtime remains high. To illustrate, $5.67 billion or 23.6% of total sustainment costs was spent on aircraft corrosion management, as well as 14.1% of total NAD for the US Air Force aviation and missiles in the fiscal year of 2018. The ability to detect and monitor corrosion will allow for a more efficient and cost-effective corrosion management strategy, and will therefore, minimize maintenance costs and downtime, and to avoid unexpected failure associated with corrosion. Conventional and commercial efforts in corrosion detection on aircrafts have focused on visual and other field detection approaches which are time- and usage-based rather than condition-based; they are also less effective in cases where the corroded area is inaccessible (e.g., fuel tank) or hidden (rivets). The ability to target and detect specific corrosion by-products associated with the metals/metal alloys (chloride ions, fluoride ions, iron oxides, aluminum chlorides etc.), corrosion environment (pH, wetness, temperature), along with conventional approaches for physical detection of corrosion can provide early corrosion detection as well as enhanced reliability of corrosion detection. The paper summarizes the state-of-art of corrosion sensing and measurement technologies for schedule-based inspection or continuous monitoring of physical, environmental and chemical presence associated with corrosion. The challenges are reviewed with regards to current gaps of corrosion detection and the complex task of corrosion management of an aircraft, with a focused overview of the corrosion factors and corrosion forms that are pertinent to the aviation industry. A comprehensive overview of thin film sensing techniques for corrosion detection and monitoring on aircrafts are being conducted. Particular attention is paid to innovative new materials, especially graphene-derived thin film sensors which rely on their ability to be configured as a conductor, semiconductor, or a functionally sensitive layer that responds to corrosion factors. Several thin film sensors have been detailed in this review as highly suited candidates for detecting corrosion through direct sensing of corrosion by-products in conjunction with the aforementioned physical and environmental corrosion parameters. The ability to print/pattern these thin film materials directly onto specific aircraft components, or deposit them onto rigid and flexible sensor surfaces and interfaces (fibre optics, microelectrode structures) makes them highly suited for corrosion monitoring applications.

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Recent Advances in Printed Capacitive Sensors

Cited by 46 publications

References 123 publications

Carbon Dots as Sensing Layer for Printed Humidity and Temperature Sensors

Carbon Dots as Sensing Layer for Printed Humidity and Temperature Sensors

Tactile Sensing for Minimally Invasive Surgery: Conventional Methods and Potential Emerging Tactile Technologies

A Review of Corrosion in Aircraft Structures and Graphene-Based Sensors for Advanced Corrosion Monitoring

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