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APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
Volume 11, Issue 17, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/app11177903
Keywords
greener sensors; electroactive polymers; modelling; accelerometer; characterization
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- PIAno di inCEntivi per la RIcerca di Ateneo (PIACERI), Linea 2-SENSori polimerici INtelligenti per l'implementazione di una societa Green (SENSING), University of Catania
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This paper investigates, models, and characterizes an environmentally friendly inertial motion sensor, using bacterial cellulose and ionic liquids. The sensor functions as an accelerometer and a model for the transduction phenomenon is proposed. The chemical and transduction characterization of the accelerometer are reported, with experimental evidence provided.
In this paper, an environmentally friendly inertial motion sensor is investigated, modelled, and characterized as an accelerometer. The sensor is obtained by using bacterial cellulose (BC) as a base biopolymer. BC is then impregnated with ionic liquids. Electrodes are realized by a conducting polymer, in a typical three-layer structure. The sensor works in a cantilever configuration and produces an open voltage signal as the result of a flexing deformation. A model is proposed for the transduction phenomenon. The composite mechano-electric transduction capability is exploited for realizing the accelerometer. Results of the chemical and transduction characterization of the accelerometer are reported. Finally, experimental evidence of the possible nature of the transduction phenomenon is given.
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