Journal
SENSORS
Volume 21, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/s21041234
Keywords
carbon– polymer nanocomposite; FCBPSS; tactile sensor; thermal sensor; sensor network
Funding
- NSERC through the Discovery Grant program
- China Scholarship Council (CSC)
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This paper provides a critical review of tactile and thermal sensors built from carbon nanomaterial-filled polymer composites, using a systematic knowledge architecture to classify information and knowledge. It discusses the principle behind these composites functioning as temperature and pressure sensors, the different structures of CNPC sensors, as well as their behavior and performance. The review also explores the fabrication of CNPC sensors and suggests future research directions, including the need for a network of CNPC sensors that can be installed on curved bodies like robots.
This paper provides a critical review of tactile and thermal sensors which are built from carbon nanomaterial-filled polymer composites (CNPCs). To make the review more comprehensive and systematic, the sensors are viewed as a system, and a general knowledge architecture for a system called function-context-behavior-principle-state-structure (FCBPSS) is employed to classify information as well as knowledge related to CNPC sensors. FCBPSS contains six basic concepts, namely, F: function, C: context, B: behavior, P: principle, and SS: state and structure. As such, the principle that explains why such composites can work as temperature and pressure sensors, various structures of the CNPC sensor, which realize the principle, and the behavior and performance of CNPC sensors are discussed in this review. This review also discusses the fabrication of the CNPC sensor. Based on the critical review and analysis, the future directions of research on the CNPC sensor are discussed; in particular, the need to have a network of CNPC sensors that can be installed on curved bodies such as those of robots is elaborated.
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