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Tm-technisches Messen | 2010

NanoNi@C: Hochempfindliche Funktionsschicht für Druck- und Kraftsensoren

Ralf Koppert; Dirk Göttel; Günter Schultes; Ulf Werner

Zusammenfassung Die Arbeit beschreibt die Entwicklung eines neuen Materials, das auf eine mechanische Belastung zehnmal empfindlicher reagiert als die heute genutzten metallischen DMS-Materialen. In diesem Kompositmaterial liegen mit Kohlenstoff umhüllte Nickelcluster mit einem Durchmesser zwischen 10 nm und 20 nm vor. Die Umhüllungen bestehen aus einigen gebogen Graphenlagen, die die Nickelcluster wie Zwiebelschalen umgeben. Elektronenmikroskopische Aufnahmen zeigten, dass die Metallcluster isoliert voneinander vorliegen, sich also nicht berühren, so dass der Stromtransport durch die Hüllen aus Kohlenstoff beeinträchtigt ist. Wird nun eine Dehnung oder Verzerrung dieses komplexen Materials zB durch einen äußeren Druck hervorgerufen, so beeinflusst dies den Stromtransport durch das Material, also seinen elektrischen Widerstand, sehr stark. Dies ermöglicht eine sehr empfindliche elektrische Messung des Drucks oder der Kraft. Neben einer um den Faktor elf erhöhten Dehnungsempfindlichkeit (k-Faktor bis zu 22) im Gegensatz zu herkömmlichen DMS-Materialen weisen diese Dünnschichten einen auf null einstellbaren Temperaturkoeffizienten des elektrischen Widerstands auf (TKR kleiner als ±25 ppm/K). Erste Prototypen in Form von Stahlmembran-Drucksensoren zeigen eindrucksvoll das Potenzial dieser Dünnschichten für Sensoranwendungen auf. Die hohe Dehnungsempfindlichkeit konnte bestätigt werden, auch viele weitere Sensorparameter wie zB das Kriechen, die Linearität der Kennlinie und das Signalrauschen konnten untersucht werden und liegen in für diese Sensoren typischen Bereichen. Abstract A new material with a strain sensitivity enhanced by a factor of eleven compared to common strain gauges is presented. Nickel clusters with a diameter of 10 nm to 20 nm are encapsulated by shells of carbon in a hexagonal structure like graphite or graphene. Transmission electron microscopy studies reveal separated metal clusters, indicating that the electron transport is impeded. By applying strain onto this complex material the carrier transport mechanism may be influenced strongly. Hence the electrical measurement of pressure or force is possible with high sensitivity. These functional layers show high strain sensitivity (gauge factor up to 22) in combination with a low temperature coefficient of resistance (TCR, approximately ±25 ppm/K). The TCR can be adjusted to zero by controlling the nickel composition of the thin film. First pressure sensors with these nanoNi@C functional layers are produced to demonstrate the high potential of this material. The high strain sensitivity could be confirmed, linearity and hysteresis measurements, current noise and creep errors exhibit typical values for these sensor devices.


Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering | 2009

New perspectives for pressure and force sensors thin films combining high gauge factor and low TCR

Guenter Schultes; Ralf Koppert; Dirk Goettel; Olivia Freitag-Weber; Anne C. Probst; Ulf Werner

Metal containing carbon thin films can be prepared to exhibit piezoresistive properties with a high sensitivity to mechanical strain and with a temperature independent resistance. This unique combination of properties predisposes these films to be used in sensors for pressure, force, weight and torque. For the case of nickel containing carbon films (often termed as Ni containing hydrogenated amorphous carbon, shortly Ni:a-C:H) we are able to demonstrate a strain sensitivity (gauge factor) of approx. 20 together with a temperature coefficient of resistivity (TCR) below ±50 ppm/K in the wide temperature range of 100 K to 400 K. The sensitivity of our films is thus enhanced by a factor of 10 compared with standard metallic thin films in todays sensors. The films consist of crystalline nanoclusters of nickel with a diameter of 10 - 20 nm which are encapsulated by only few atomic layers of graphene (or turbostratic graphite) as revealed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). These carbon encapsulated clusters are embedded in a matrix of carbon. The new type of films are named nanoNi@C i.e. nano-Nickel clusters encapsulated by carbon.


Solid State Sciences | 2009

Nickel containing diamond like carbon thin films

Ralf Koppert; Dirk Goettel; Olivia Freitag-Weber; Guenter Schultes


Diamond and Related Materials | 2012

Structural and physical properties of highly piezoresistive nickel containing hydrogenated carbon thin films

Ralf Koppert; Steffen Uhlig; Hanna Schmid-Engel; Dirk Göttel; Anne-Catherine Probst; Günter Schultes; Ulf Werner


Archive | 2009

Film resistor with a constant temperature coefficient and production of a film resistor of this type

Günther Schultes; Dirk Göttel; Ralf Koppert; Olilvia Freitag-Weber; Ulf Werner; Wolfgang Kurt Brode


Archive | 2014

Method for producing an electrically insulating layer

Dominic Hecker; Daniel Gloess; Hagen Bartzsch; Peter Frach; Wolfgang Kurt Brode; Ralf Koppert


Archive | 2012

Electric feed through providing device for high pressure applications to form carrier substrate for sensor element, has sealing body with electric conductive path, which is formed by electric conductive linear ceramic section of body

Wolfgang Kurt Brode; Ralf Koppert; André Keiner


Archive | 2012

Device, useful for converting a force and/or pressure into an electrical signal, comprises an electrical resistor formed of a composite material and dependent on pressure or force as a sensor element

Wolfgang Kurt Brode; Günther Schultes; Dirk Göttel; Ralf Koppert; Olivia Freitag-Weber; Thomas Kuberczyk


Archive | 2012

Device for converting elongation and/or upsetting into electric signal in elongation measuring film for manufacturing e.g. pressure sensor, has support whose upper surface is planarized and/or passivated by electrically isolated layer

Wolfgang Kurt Brode; Ralf Koppert


Proceedings SENSOR 2011 | 2011

P6.3 - Novel Carbon-Based Materials for Pressure and Force Sensors

Hanna Schmid-Engel; Dirk Göttel; Günter Schultes; Ralf Koppert; Ulf Werner

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Wolfgang Kurt Brode

HTW Berlin - University of Applied Sciences

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Dirk Göttel

HTW Berlin - University of Applied Sciences

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Günter Schultes

HTW Berlin - University of Applied Sciences

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Olivia Freitag-Weber

HTW Berlin - University of Applied Sciences

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Dirk Goettel

HTW Berlin - University of Applied Sciences

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Guenter Schultes

HTW Berlin - University of Applied Sciences

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Günther Schultes

HTW Berlin - University of Applied Sciences

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