Characterization of low-cost inkjet printed-photonic cured strain gauges for remote sensing and structural monitoring applications

Juho Kerminen; Jenny Wiklund; Alp Karakoç; Kalle Ruttik; Riku Jäntti; Hüseyin Yiǧitler

doi:10.17515/resm2021.360me1029

Characterization of low-cost inkjet printed-photonic cured strain gauges for remote sensing and structural monitoring applications

Juho Kerminen
, Jenny Wiklund
, Alp Karakoç^*
, Kalle Ruttik
, Riku Jäntti
, Hüseyin Yiǧitler

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In the present work, cost-effective strain gauges were fabricated by using inkjet printing and photonic curing on flexible and recyclable PET substrates. Ohmic resistance (a.k.a. DC resistance) (R0) and complex electrical impedance (Z) as a function of test frequency were characterized, respectively, with the state-of-the-art electronic testing equipments. For the fabrication process, commercially available silver nanoparticle (AgNP) inks and substrates were used. In order to validate the in-house cantilever beam measurement setup and devices, first, commercially available metallic foil strain gauges (with the provided gauge factor GF=2.0 by the manufacturer) were tested at different locations. Thereafter, the printed strain gauges were investigated with several repetitions at different measurement locations. The measurement results demonstrated an affordable, rapid and tailorable design and repeatable fabrication approach for strain gauges with GFavg∼6.6, which has potential applications in remote sensing and structural monitoring applications.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	647-660
Number of pages	14
Journal	Research on Engineering Structures and Materials
Volume	7
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.17515/resm2021.360me1029
Publication status	Published - 5 Dec 2021
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Funding

The authors gratefully acknowledge the funding from Academy of Finland BESIMAL project (decision number 334197). J.W. also acknowledges the funding from Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation. Besides, the authors acknowledge the technical assistance of Timi Lehtola and Juhapekka Hietala.

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Keywords

Impedance
Monitoring and sensing technologies
Printed electronics
Strain gauges

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Characterization of low-cost inkjet printed-photonic cured strain gauges for remote sensing and structural monitoring applications

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