Inherently conducting polymer modified polyurethane smart foam for pressure sensing

Sarah Brady; Dermot Diamond; King Tong Lau

doi:10.1016/j.sna.2004.10.020

Inherently conducting polymer modified polyurethane smart foam for pressure sensing

Sarah Brady, Dermot Diamond, King Tong Lau^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Dublin City University

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

139 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

A new compressible conducting material has been developed by coating polyurethane (PU) foam with inherently conducting polypyrrole (PPy). The optimised conditions for preparation of the conducting foam have been investigated. Evaluation of the conducting foam shows that a linear relationship exists between the conductance and the stress applied. Parameters such as sensitivity, dynamic range, repeatability of this pressure sensor are discussed. The use of this soft pressure sensor in a prototype breath monitor is also reported.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	398-404
Number of pages	7
Journal	Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical
Volume	119
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2004.10.020
Publication status	Published - 13 Apr 2005
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Polypyrrole
Polyurethane
Pressure sensing

Access to Document

10.1016/j.sna.2004.10.020

Cite this

@article{db77984663bb4395aec72c69df3f97e9,

title = "Inherently conducting polymer modified polyurethane smart foam for pressure sensing",

abstract = "A new compressible conducting material has been developed by coating polyurethane (PU) foam with inherently conducting polypyrrole (PPy). The optimised conditions for preparation of the conducting foam have been investigated. Evaluation of the conducting foam shows that a linear relationship exists between the conductance and the stress applied. Parameters such as sensitivity, dynamic range, repeatability of this pressure sensor are discussed. The use of this soft pressure sensor in a prototype breath monitor is also reported.",

keywords = "Polypyrrole, Polyurethane, Pressure sensing",

author = "Sarah Brady and Dermot Diamond and Lau, {King Tong}",

note = "Funding Information: We would like to acknowledge an IRCSET grant for SB RS/2002/765-1 and support from Science Foundation Ireland (Adaptive Information Cluster Award). ",

year = "2005",

month = apr,

day = "13",

doi = "10.1016/j.sna.2004.10.020",

language = "English",

volume = "119",

pages = "398--404",

journal = "Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical",

issn = "0924-4247",

number = "2",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Inherently conducting polymer modified polyurethane smart foam for pressure sensing

AU - Brady, Sarah

AU - Diamond, Dermot

AU - Lau, King Tong

N1 - Funding Information: We would like to acknowledge an IRCSET grant for SB RS/2002/765-1 and support from Science Foundation Ireland (Adaptive Information Cluster Award).

PY - 2005/4/13

Y1 - 2005/4/13

N2 - A new compressible conducting material has been developed by coating polyurethane (PU) foam with inherently conducting polypyrrole (PPy). The optimised conditions for preparation of the conducting foam have been investigated. Evaluation of the conducting foam shows that a linear relationship exists between the conductance and the stress applied. Parameters such as sensitivity, dynamic range, repeatability of this pressure sensor are discussed. The use of this soft pressure sensor in a prototype breath monitor is also reported.

AB - A new compressible conducting material has been developed by coating polyurethane (PU) foam with inherently conducting polypyrrole (PPy). The optimised conditions for preparation of the conducting foam have been investigated. Evaluation of the conducting foam shows that a linear relationship exists between the conductance and the stress applied. Parameters such as sensitivity, dynamic range, repeatability of this pressure sensor are discussed. The use of this soft pressure sensor in a prototype breath monitor is also reported.

KW - Polypyrrole

KW - Polyurethane

KW - Pressure sensing

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=17044414122&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/j.sna.2004.10.020

DO - 10.1016/j.sna.2004.10.020

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:17044414122

SN - 0924-4247

VL - 119

SP - 398

EP - 404

JO - Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

JF - Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

IS - 2

ER -

Inherently conducting polymer modified polyurethane smart foam for pressure sensing

Abstract

Keywords

Access to Document

Other files and links

Cite this