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Area of Science:

  • Materials Science
  • Polymer Science
  • Sensor Technology

Background:

  • Polymer substrates are crucial in roll-to-roll manufacturing.
  • Accurate real-time strain monitoring is essential for process control and quality assurance.
  • Conventional resistive strain sensors can suffer from judgment ambiguity.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a novel strain sensor for polymer substrates.
  • To monitor and localize compressive and tensile strains in real-time.
  • To overcome limitations of conventional resistive strain sensors.

Main Methods:

  • Fabrication of a serpentine gold (Au) line on a polyethylenenaphthalate (PEN) substrate.
  • Induction of Joule heating effect via current or voltage application.
  • Real-time monitoring of temperature differences using an infrared (IR) detector.

Main Results:

  • The sensor successfully monitored and localized strains in polymer substrates.
  • A minimal detectable bending radius of 0.9 mm was achieved.
  • A gauge factor (GF) of 1.46 was recorded, demonstrating sensor sensitivity.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed Joule heating-based sensor provides unambiguous, quantitative, and qualitative strain indication.
  • This method enhances strain monitoring accuracy for polymer substrates in roll-to-roll processes.
  • The study successfully validated the sensor design through simulations and measurements.