三维柔性触觉传感器模型仿真及试验研究

具有三维力检测功能的柔性触觉传感器是机器人的关键技术之一.以力敏导电橡胶为敏感材料,设计了一种柔性三维力传感器,介绍了三维力传感器的结构和数学模型.利用有限元分析软件(ANSYS),结合橡胶材料的Mooney-Rivlin本构模型对传感器模型进行加载力分析,以验证传感器的理论模型.通过提取和分析传感器模型在三维力作用下...     

化学镀铜聚酯微粉的表面形态和导电性能

通过化学镀方法,制备了一种镀铜的聚酯微米级粉体,利用X射线衍射仪和热台光学显微镜对其表面成分和形貌进行了研究,该粉体在25℃~300℃内具有较好的热稳定性。将镀铜聚酯微粉与环氧树脂共混制备导电胶,其导电性能测试结果表明,用硬脂酸包覆处理的镀铜聚酯粉体抗氧化性好,添加质量分数为50%的硬脂酸处理镀铜聚酯微粉制备的导电胶体积电阻率为1.6×10-3Ω.cm,在25℃~120℃之内其体积电阻率变化在20%以下,是一种较好的常温导电填料。     

炭黑填充型导电复合材料的聚集体结构模型

分析了炭黑填充聚合物导电复合材料的非线性导电行为和机理,基于有效介质理论及以炭黑聚集体的等效球形单元为基本单元,建立了描述其非线性导电行为的聚集体结构模型。进而推导出复合体系导电率与炭黑体积分数之间的关系式及其逾渗阈值的计算式,克服了有效介质理论只能得到逾渗阈值为1/3而不能解释低于1/3的逾渗阈值的不足。应用这些表达式预测了导电复合体系的导电率和逾渗阈值,并与实验结果进行了比较,结果表明:预测值与实验结果有较好的一致性。     

Highly Stretchable and Sensitive Flexible Strain Sensor Based on Fe NWs/Graphene/PEDOT:PSS with a Porous Structure

With the rapid development of wearable smart electronic products, high-performance wearable flexible strain sensors are urgently needed. In this paper, a flexible strain sensor device with Fe NWs/Graphene/PEDOT:PSS material added under a porous structure was designed and prepared. The effects of adding different sensing materials and a different number of dips with PEDOT:PSS on the device performance were investigated. The experiments show that the flexible strain sensor obtained by using Fe NWs, graphene, and PEDOT:PSS composite is dipped in polyurethane foam once and vacuum dried in turn with a local linearity of 98.8%, and the device was stable up to 3500 times at 80% strain. The high linearity and good stability are based on the three-dimensional network structure of polyurethane foam, combined with the excellent electrical conductivity of Fe NWs, the bridging and passivation effects of graphene, and the stabilization effect of PEDOT:PSS, which force the graphene-coated Fe NWs to adhere to the porous skeleton under the action of PEDOT:PSS to form a stable three-dimensional conductive network. Flexible strain sensor devices can be applied to smart robots and other fields and show broad application prospects in intelligent wearable devices.     

Preparation and characterization of erythritol/polyaniline form‐stable phase change materials containing silver nanowires

Sugar alcohols are promising solid‐liquid phase change materials (PCMs). However, problems such as possible leakage of liquid PCMs, high and unstable supercooling, and low thermal conductivity need to be solved. In this work, a novel form‐stable PCM in which m‐erythritol (ME), polyaniline (PANI), and silver nanowires (Ag NWs) were applied as solid‐liquid PCM, supporting material, and thermal conductive filler, respectively, was successfully prepared in anhydrous ethanol by surface polymerization of aniline. Form‐stable PCM with good form stability could be obtained when the ratio of ME/(aniline + ME) was no more than 78.7 wt%. The melting enthalpy (ΔH_m) of the ME/PANI form‐stable PCMs could attain 234.8 J/g while that of the ME/PANI/Ag NWs form‐stable PCMs was about 220 J/g. In addition, the thermal conductivity of the form‐stable PCM was increased by 61.6% when 7.5 wt% Ag NW was added. Moreover, the supercooling of ME was effectively suppressed from 100°C for pure ME to 60°C, corresponding to an improvement of 40%, for the form‐stable PCM containing 7.5 wt% Ag NWs. The supercooling suppression could be ascribed to that PANI provided great amounts of nucleating centers and improved the nucleation kinetics, and Ag NWs improved the thermal diffusivity and thus increased the crystallization rate.     

MoOx/Ag/MoOx multilayers as hole transport transparent conductive electrodes for n-type crystalline silicon solar cells

Substitution of highly doped layers with conventional transparent conductive electrodes as carrier collecting and selective contacts in conventional crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cell configurations is crucial in increasing affordability of solar cells by lowering material costs. In this study, oxide/metal/oxide (OMO) multilayers featuring molybdenum oxide (MoO_x) and silver (Ag) thin films are developed by thermal evaporation technique, as dopant-free hole transport transparent conductive electrodes (HTTCEs) for n-type c-Si solar cells. Semidopant-free asymmetric heterocontact (semi-DASH) solar cells on n-type c-Si utilizing OMO multilayers are fabricated. The effect of outer MoO_x layer thickness and Ag deposition rate on the photovoltaic characteristics of the fabricated semi-DASH solar cells are investigated. A comparison of front side pyramid textured and flat surface solar cells is performed to optimize the optical and electrical properties. Highest efficiency of 9.3% ± 0.2% is achieved in a pyramid textured semi-DASH c-Si solar cell with 15/10/30 nm of HTTCE structure.     

Additive Manufacturable Materials for Electrochemical Biosensor Electrodes

With the impending Industrial Revolution 4.0, the information produced by sensors will be central in many applications. This includes the healthcare sector, where affordable healthcare and precision medicine are highly sought after. Electrochemical sensors have the potential to produce affordable, high sensitivity and specificity, intuitive, and rapid point-of-care diagnostics. Underpinning these achievements is the choice of material and the fabrication thereof. In this review, the different types of materials used in electrochemical biosensors are reported, with a focus on synthetic conductive materials. The review demonstrates that there is an abundance of materials to select from, and compositing different types of materials further widens their applicability in biosensors. In addition, the fabrication of such materials using the state-of-the-art of fabrication technology, additive manufacturing (AM), is also detailed. The need for compositing is evident in AM, as the feedstock for certain AM technologies is inherently nonconductive. Both material choice and fabrication technologies limitations are also discussed to highlight opportunities for growth. The review highlights how recent technological advancements have the potential to drive the healthcare industry toward achieving its primary goals.     

Microstructure Engineering of Stretchable Resistive Strain Sensors with Discrimination Capabilities in Transverse and Longitudinal Directions

Featuring simple device structure, high sensitivity, and excellent reliability, stretchable resistive sensors have developed rapidly due to the high demand for flexible and wearable electronics. Nevertheless, it remains critically challenging to evaluate external stimuli using one simple device for diverse application scenarios. Here, a microstructure is engineered for a stretchable sensor by a facile replication/transferring and a prestretching/releasing process, enabling the device to have discrimination capabilities in the transverse direction (X-axis) and longitudinal direction (Y-axis). Consisting of silver nanowires (Ag NWs)/transition metal carbides (MXene)/poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly (styrene-sulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) conducting layer and polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)/Ecoflex elastomer, the microstructured sensor has a broad strain range of 120% along the X-axis and a large gauge factor (GF) of 37.44 along the Y-axis, and shows good stability during 1000 stretching/releasing cycles along two directions, indicating the excellent interfacial connection between the sensing layer and elastomer. As a result, taking advantages of distinct performance along two directions, the proposed stretchable sensor is demonstrated to monitor a variety of human movements and physical stimuli as a wearable and flexible device, revealing its promising potential in diverse application scenarios.     

Frontal polymerization accelerated by continuous conductive elements

Frontal polymerization (FP), a propagating reaction wave driven by exothermic polymerization, is increasingly considered for the rapid fabrication of fiber-reinforced composites. However, the effect of the fibers on the FP reaction has not yet been explored. In this contribution, we demonstrate that thermally conductive continuous elements accelerate FP using an experimental model system and finite-element-based numerical simulations. Furthermore, the degree of acceleration is shown to be affected by the amount of available monomer in the system. These results suggest that thermally conductive carbon fiber reinforcement may facilitate FP for composite manufacturing. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2019 , 136, 47418.     

石墨烯/聚苯胺纳米复合材料的制备及防腐应用研究进展

导电聚苯胺(PANI)具有易合成、易掺杂等特点,石墨烯(GR)及石墨烯衍生材料具有较高的比表面积、良好的导电性、优异的防液体渗漏等物理和化学性质。两者的复合材料表现出优异的机械、电化学、防腐蚀等性能,引起了广泛的关注。介绍了石墨烯/聚苯胺纳米复合材料的制备方法、影响石墨烯/聚苯胺性能的主要因素以及石墨烯/聚苯胺纳米复合材料在防腐中的应用。系统总结了石墨烯/聚苯胺的防腐机理以及在不同基体涂料中的防腐改性,石墨烯的存在增加了腐蚀介质(如H2O和O2)渗透路径的曲折程度,减缓了金属腐蚀速度,从而提高涂料防腐效率。石墨烯/聚苯胺复合材料在防腐方面具有广阔的应用前景,对石墨烯/聚苯胺的复合状态、防腐机理、环境适应性的深入研究是未来该材料的发展方向。