Biomimetic Contact Behavior Inspired Tactile Sensing Array with Programmable Microdomes Pattern by Scalable and Consistent Fabrication

Abstract Flexible sensor arrays have attracted extensive attention in human‐computer interaction. However, realizing high‐performance sensor units with programmable properties, and expanding them to multi‐pixel flexible arrays to maintain high sensing consistency is still struggling. Inspired by the...

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Main Authors: Xiaoliang Chen, Yizhuo Luo, Yun Chen, Sheng Li, Shizheng Deng, Bin Wang, Qi Zhang, Xiangmeng Li, Xiangming Li, Chunhui Wang, Juan He, Hongmiao Tian, Jinyou Shao
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202408082
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author Xiaoliang Chen
Yizhuo Luo
Yun Chen
Sheng Li
Shizheng Deng
Bin Wang
Qi Zhang
Xiangmeng Li
Xiangming Li
Chunhui Wang
Juan He
Hongmiao Tian
Jinyou Shao
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Yizhuo Luo
Yun Chen
Sheng Li
Shizheng Deng
Bin Wang
Qi Zhang
Xiangmeng Li
Xiangming Li
Chunhui Wang
Juan He
Hongmiao Tian
Jinyou Shao
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description Abstract Flexible sensor arrays have attracted extensive attention in human‐computer interaction. However, realizing high‐performance sensor units with programmable properties, and expanding them to multi‐pixel flexible arrays to maintain high sensing consistency is still struggling. Inspired by the contact behavior of octopus antenna, this paper proposes a programmable multistage dome structure‐based flexible sensing array with robust sensing stability and high array consistency. The biomimetic multistage dome structure is pressurized to gradually contact the electrode to achieve high sensitivity and a large pressure range. By adjusting the arrangement of the multistage dome structure, the pressure range and sensitivity can be customized. More importantly, this biomimetic structure can be expanded to a multi‐pixel sensor array at the wafer level with high consistency through scalable and high‐precision imprinting technologies. In the imprinting process, the conductive layer is conformally embedded into the multistage dome structure to improve the stability (maintain stability over 22 000 cycles). In addition, the braced isolation structure is designed to effectively improve the anti‐crosstalk performance of the sensor array (crosstalk coefficient: 26.62 dB). Benefitting from the programmable structural design and high‐precision manufacturing process, the sensor array can be customized and is demonstrated to detect human musculation in medical rehabilitation applications.
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spelling doaj-art-803873483448438c936d4feda8ea049e2024-11-20T19:25:40ZengWileyAdvanced Science2198-38442024-11-011143n/an/a10.1002/advs.202408082Biomimetic Contact Behavior Inspired Tactile Sensing Array with Programmable Microdomes Pattern by Scalable and Consistent FabricationXiaoliang Chen0Yizhuo Luo1Yun Chen2Sheng Li3Shizheng Deng4Bin Wang5Qi Zhang6Xiangmeng Li7Xiangming Li8Chunhui Wang9Juan He10Hongmiao Tian11Jinyou Shao12Micro‐ and Nano‐technology Research Center, State Key Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems Engineering Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an Shaanxi 710049 ChinaMicro‐ and Nano‐technology Research Center, State Key Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems Engineering Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an Shaanxi 710049 ChinaMicro‐ and Nano‐technology Research Center, State Key Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems Engineering Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an Shaanxi 710049 ChinaMicro‐ and Nano‐technology Research Center, State Key Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems Engineering Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an Shaanxi 710049 ChinaMicro‐ and Nano‐technology Research Center, State Key Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems Engineering Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an Shaanxi 710049 ChinaMicro‐ and Nano‐technology Research Center, State Key Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems Engineering Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an Shaanxi 710049 ChinaMicro‐ and Nano‐technology Research Center, State Key Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems Engineering Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an Shaanxi 710049 ChinaShanxi Provincial Key Laboratory for Advanced Manufacturing Technology North University of China Taiyuan Shanxi 030051 ChinaMicro‐ and Nano‐technology Research Center, State Key Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems Engineering Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an Shaanxi 710049 ChinaMicro‐ and Nano‐technology Research Center, State Key Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems Engineering Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an Shaanxi 710049 ChinaDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an Shaanxi 710061 ChinaMicro‐ and Nano‐technology Research Center, State Key Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems Engineering Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an Shaanxi 710049 ChinaMicro‐ and Nano‐technology Research Center, State Key Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems Engineering Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an Shaanxi 710049 ChinaAbstract Flexible sensor arrays have attracted extensive attention in human‐computer interaction. However, realizing high‐performance sensor units with programmable properties, and expanding them to multi‐pixel flexible arrays to maintain high sensing consistency is still struggling. Inspired by the contact behavior of octopus antenna, this paper proposes a programmable multistage dome structure‐based flexible sensing array with robust sensing stability and high array consistency. The biomimetic multistage dome structure is pressurized to gradually contact the electrode to achieve high sensitivity and a large pressure range. By adjusting the arrangement of the multistage dome structure, the pressure range and sensitivity can be customized. More importantly, this biomimetic structure can be expanded to a multi‐pixel sensor array at the wafer level with high consistency through scalable and high‐precision imprinting technologies. In the imprinting process, the conductive layer is conformally embedded into the multistage dome structure to improve the stability (maintain stability over 22 000 cycles). In addition, the braced isolation structure is designed to effectively improve the anti‐crosstalk performance of the sensor array (crosstalk coefficient: 26.62 dB). Benefitting from the programmable structural design and high‐precision manufacturing process, the sensor array can be customized and is demonstrated to detect human musculation in medical rehabilitation applications.https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202408082embeddedflexible sensing arraymultistage microstructureoctopus‐inspiredprogrammable
spellingShingle Xiaoliang Chen
Yizhuo Luo
Yun Chen
Sheng Li
Shizheng Deng
Bin Wang
Qi Zhang
Xiangmeng Li
Xiangming Li
Chunhui Wang
Juan He
Hongmiao Tian
Jinyou Shao
Biomimetic Contact Behavior Inspired Tactile Sensing Array with Programmable Microdomes Pattern by Scalable and Consistent Fabrication
Advanced Science
embedded
flexible sensing array
multistage microstructure
octopus‐inspired
programmable
title Biomimetic Contact Behavior Inspired Tactile Sensing Array with Programmable Microdomes Pattern by Scalable and Consistent Fabrication
title_full Biomimetic Contact Behavior Inspired Tactile Sensing Array with Programmable Microdomes Pattern by Scalable and Consistent Fabrication
title_fullStr Biomimetic Contact Behavior Inspired Tactile Sensing Array with Programmable Microdomes Pattern by Scalable and Consistent Fabrication
title_full_unstemmed Biomimetic Contact Behavior Inspired Tactile Sensing Array with Programmable Microdomes Pattern by Scalable and Consistent Fabrication
title_short Biomimetic Contact Behavior Inspired Tactile Sensing Array with Programmable Microdomes Pattern by Scalable and Consistent Fabrication
title_sort biomimetic contact behavior inspired tactile sensing array with programmable microdomes pattern by scalable and consistent fabrication
topic embedded
flexible sensing array
multistage microstructure
octopus‐inspired
programmable
url https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202408082
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