Stretch Sensor: Development of Biodegradable Film
Sensors 2024
Uldis Žaimis, Jurate Jolanta Petroniene, Andrius Dzedzickis, Vytautas Bučinskas

This article presents research on biodegradable stretch sensors produced using biological material. This sensor uses a piezoresistive effect to indicate stretch, which can be used for force measurement. In this work, an attempt was made to develop the composition of a sensitive material and to design a sensor. The biodegradable base was made from a κ-carrageenan compound mixed with Fe2O3 microparticles and glycerol. The influence of the weight fraction and iron oxide microparticles on the tensile strength and Young’s modulus was experimentally investigated. Tensile test specimens consisted of 10–25% iron oxide microparticles of various sizes. The results showed that increasing the mass fraction of the reinforcement improved the Young’s modulus compared to the pure sample and decreased the elongation percentage. The GF of the developed films varies from 0.67 to 10.47 depending on composition. In this paper, it was shown that the incorporation of appropriate amounts of Fe2O3 microparticles into κ-carrageenan ca


Keywords
biodegradable | force sensor | iron (III) oxide | stretch sensor | κ-carrageenan
DOI
10.3390/s24020683
Hyperlink
https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/24/2/683

Žaimis, U., Petroniene, J., Dzedzickis, A., Bučinskas, V. Stretch Sensor: Development of Biodegradable Film. Sensors, 2024, Vol. 24, No. 2, Article number 683. e-ISSN 1424-8220. Pieejams: doi:10.3390/s24020683

Publication language
English (en)
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