Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shang, Jia-Chen
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
Subjects:
Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.05603
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1866917947846426624
author Shang, Jia-Chen
author_facet Shang, Jia-Chen
contents The patterned design of flexible sensors enables customized performance to meet diverse application demands. However, when multiple geometric parameters and sensing metrics are involved, experimental approaches to establish structure-performance relationships become costly and inefficient. Here, a novel universal piezoresistive model--overcoming limitations of commonly used models that are only applicable to small strains and linear responses--is developed to capture the relationship between conductivity tensor components and strain. A numerical method incorporating this model simulates the electromechanical properties of conductive composites and predicts patterned strain sensors' behavior. To validate this approach, a flexible strain sensor based on laser-induced graphene technology is fabricated and tested. Additionally, a rapid, cost-effective workflow combining Latin hypercube sampling and Pareto-optimal solutions is demonstrated for multi-parameter and multi-objective optimization of the sinusoidal-patterned sensor. This study provides valuable insights for investigating the structure-performance relationship of strain sensors and advances optimization methods for sensor designs.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2503_05603
institution arXiv
publishDate 2025
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle Geometric Optimization of Patterned Conductive Polymer Composite-based Strain Sensors Toward Enhanced Sensing Performance
Shang, Jia-Chen
Soft Condensed Matter
The patterned design of flexible sensors enables customized performance to meet diverse application demands. However, when multiple geometric parameters and sensing metrics are involved, experimental approaches to establish structure-performance relationships become costly and inefficient. Here, a novel universal piezoresistive model--overcoming limitations of commonly used models that are only applicable to small strains and linear responses--is developed to capture the relationship between conductivity tensor components and strain. A numerical method incorporating this model simulates the electromechanical properties of conductive composites and predicts patterned strain sensors' behavior. To validate this approach, a flexible strain sensor based on laser-induced graphene technology is fabricated and tested. Additionally, a rapid, cost-effective workflow combining Latin hypercube sampling and Pareto-optimal solutions is demonstrated for multi-parameter and multi-objective optimization of the sinusoidal-patterned sensor. This study provides valuable insights for investigating the structure-performance relationship of strain sensors and advances optimization methods for sensor designs.
title Geometric Optimization of Patterned Conductive Polymer Composite-based Strain Sensors Toward Enhanced Sensing Performance
topic Soft Condensed Matter
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.05603