title: Development of an Integrated Evaluation System for a Stretchable Strain Sensor.
abstract: Recently, much research has been focused on stretchable or flexible electronic sensors for the measurement of strain or deformation on movable and variably shaped objects. In this research, to evaluate the performance of stretchable strain sensors, we have designed an integrated evaluation system capable of simultaneously measuring the change in stress and conductance of a strain sensor. Using the designed system, we have successfully evaluated the deformation characteristics, sensing range and sensing sensitivity of a stretchable strain sensor. We believe that the developed integrated evaluation system could be a useful tool for performance evaluation of stretchable strain sensors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), 77 Cheongam-Ro, Nam-Gu, Pohang 790-784, Korea. likeblue@postech.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Hyungkook
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jeon
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), 77 Cheongam-Ro, Nam-Gu, Pohang 790-784, Korea. skhong@postech.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Seong Kyung
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.affiliation: School of Mechanical Engineering, Chungnam National University (CNU), 99 Daehak-Ro, Yuseong-Gu, Daejeon 305-764, Korea. scho@cnu.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Seong J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), 77 Cheongam-Ro, Nam-Gu, Pohang 790-784, Korea. limmems@postech.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Geunbae
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lim
keywords: flexible electronics; sensor evaluation system; strain sensor; stretchable electronics