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MICHELANGELO SCOPELLITI

Low angle bending detection semi-transparent piezoresistive sensor

  • Authors: Vito Errico; Clara Chiappara; Giuseppe Arrabito; Vincenzo Campisciano; Michelangelo Scopelliti; Michelangelo Gruttadauria; Francesco Giacalone; Bruno Pignataro; Giovanni Saggio
  • Publication year: 2022
  • Type: Contributo in atti di convegno pubblicato in volume
  • OA Link: http://hdl.handle.net/10447/562811

Abstract

We designed, fabricated, and validated a piezoresistive bending sensor, a fundamental component of wearable electronic devices for monitoring human motion. The most diffused opaque carbon-based resistance flex sensors suffer from low detection for small bending angles. The sensor we here present is based on a semi-transparent active material (fulleropyrrolidine bisadducts polymer) and has the remarkable advantage of good electrical properties for low bending angles. The fabrication steps are effective since a pre-patterned ITO/PET surface is functionalized by chronoamperometric deposition, and the silver electrical contacts are inkjet printed. We propose a fitting function of the measured thin film resistance curve vs. the bending angle, showing promising properties as a complimentary bending sensor to the most diffused flex sensors. The results pave the way to new applications and more performant wearables.