Abstract:
A compensated pressure or force sensor, especially for temperature, includes a substrate and on one side of the substrate, a first assembly of multilayer nanoparticles between the first pair of electrodes. On the same side of the substrate, near the first assembly, a second assembly of monolayer nanoparticles between the second pair of electrodes. The sensor additionally includes an electronic circuit configured to measure the variation of an electrical property of the first and second nanoparticle assemblies and to combine the measurements. A touch screen utilizing such sensor is provided.
Abstract:
A device to detect and quantify a force applied on a surface includes a test specimen, an electrically insulating substrate, a first electrode bound to the substrate, a second electrode, an assembly of conductive or semi-conductive nanoparticles in contact with the two electrodes, and a measurement device. The measurement device provides proportional information with respect to an electrical property of the nanoparticles assembly. The electrical property is measured between the first and second electrode. The test specimen is the nanoparticles assembly itself and the electrical property is sensitive to the distance between the nanoparticles of the assembly. The nanoparticles assembly itself is used as a test specimen and allows a force to be quantified even if the nanoparticles assembly is deposited on a rigid substrate.
Abstract:
A compensated pressure or force sensor, especially for temperature, includes a substrate and on one side of the substrate, a first assembly of multilayer nanoparticles between the first pair of electrodes. On the same side of the substrate, near the first assembly, a second assembly of monolayer nanoparticles between the second pair of electrodes. The sensor additionally includes an electronic circuit configured to measure the variation of an electrical property of the first and second nanoparticle assemblies and to combine the measurements. A touch screen utilizing such sensor is provided.
Abstract:
A method for manufacturing a transparent tactile surface. The nanoparticles, particularly of ITO, are incorporated in an aqueous solution containing a stabilizing agent. The water suspension including the nanoparticles are subjected to ultrasound. The nanoparticles in aqueous suspension with a ligand are incubated that can attach to the surface of the nanoparticles through a covalent bond. The nanoparticles with the surface modified by the ligand in the form of a colloidal suspension are deposited on a transparent substrate.
Abstract:
A device to detect and quantify a force applied on a surface includes a test specimen, an electrically insulating substrate, a first electrode bound to the substrate, a second electrode, an assembly of conductive or semi-conductive nanoparticles in contact with the two electrodes, and a measurement device. The measurement device provides proportional information with respect to an electrical property of the nanoparticles assembly. The electrical property is measured between the first and second electrode. The test specimen is the nanoparticles assembly itself and the electrical property is sensitive to the distance between the nanoparticles of the assembly. The nanoparticles assembly itself is used as a test specimen and allows a force to be quantified even if the nanoparticles assembly is deposited on a rigid substrate.
Abstract:
A method for manufacturing a transparent tactile surface. The nanoparticles, particularly of ITO, are incorporated in an aqueous solution containing a stabilizing agent. The water suspension including the nanoparticles are subjected to ultrasound. The nanoparticles in aqueous suspension with a ligand are incubated that can attach to the surface of the nanoparticles through a covalent bond. The nanoparticles with the surface modified by the ligand in the form of a colloidal suspension are deposited on a transparent substrate.