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Protocol for fabricating electroless nickel immersion gold strain sensors on nitrile butadiene rubber gloves for
Sara S Mechael1, Yunyun Wu1, Yiting Chen1
1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON N9B3P4, Canada.
Abstract:
This protocol describes the fabrication of patterned conductive gold films on nitrile butadiene rubber (NBR) gloves for wearable strain sensors using electroless nickel immersion gold (ENIG) plating, a solution-based metallization technique. The resulting NBR/ENIG films are strain sensitive; resistance measurements of a patterned sensing array can be used to map human hand motions. This protocol also describes challenges related to the ENIG process and troubleshooting steps to achieve conformal gold films for strain sensing over a large working range. For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Mechael et al. (2021).
