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Sensors and Materials, Volume 33, Number 10(2) (2021)
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S&M2711 Research Paper of Special Issue
https://doi.org/10.18494/SAM.2021.3623
Published: October 20, 2021

Development of Lead-free Force-feedback Tactile Sensor Fabricated from BiFeO3 Piezoelectric Film [PDF]

David T. W. Lin, Kun-Dar Li, Po-Chang Chen, and Jia-Yun Kuo

(Received May 24, 2021; Accepted October 1, 2021)

Keywords: tactile sensor, sol-gel, thin film, BiFeO3

In this study, we develop a flexible lead-free BiFeO3 (BFO) film sensor that can be applied on complex surfaces of devices. This sensor is fabricated by depositing BFO thin film on a polyimide (PI)-coated copper substrate. The sol–gel (SG) method and spin-coating method are utilized to prepare the BFO piezoelectric film. Two different spin-coating processes under three different sets of parameters and two different annealing temperatures are used in the fabrication. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy are used to examine the crystallinity and surface topography of the BFO thin films, respectively. A lifetime test is performed on the device to validate the robustness of its piezoelectric properties, and a linear scaling relationship between the force and output response is obtained. We propose suitable conditions for preparing the piezoelectric film and demonstrate the reliability of this sensor.

Corresponding author: Kun-Dar Li


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David T. W. Lin, Kun-Dar Li, Po-Chang Chen, and Jia-Yun Kuo, Development of Lead-free Force-feedback Tactile Sensor Fabricated from BiFeO3 Piezoelectric Film, Sens. Mater., Vol. 33, No. 10, 2021, p. 3603-3612.



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