Development and analysis of a capacitive touch sensor using a liquid metal droplet

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Baek, Seungbum ^a   Won, Dong Joon ^a   Kim, Joong Gil ^a   Kim, Joonwon ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

capacitive touch sensor; high surface tension; liquid metal (LM); polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; CAPACITIVE SENSORS; CONTACT SENSORS; ELECTRODES; LIQUID METALS; LIQUIDS; MICROCHANNELS; SILICONES; SURFACE TENSION;

BOTTOM ELECTRODES; CAPACITANCE VARIATION; CAPACITIVE TOUCH SENSORS; DIELECTRIC LAYER; FLAT ELECTRODES; LIQUID METAL DROPLETS; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; SILICON DIOXIDE FILM;

DROPS;

EID: 84940118081     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/25/9/095015     Document Type: Article

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