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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2018

Polyimide-Based Capacitive Humidity Sensor.

Jamila Boudaden, Matthias Steinmaßl, Hanns-Erik Endres, Andreas Drost, Ignaz Eisele, Christoph Kutter, Peter Müller-Buschbaum

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Jamila BoudadenFraunhofer EMFT, Research Institution for Microsystems and Solid State Technologies EMFT, Hansastraße 27d, D-80686 Munich, Germany. jamila.boudaden@emft.fraunhofer.de.ORCID 0000-0002-5029-3230
Matthias SteinmaßlFraunhofer EMFT, Research Institution for Microsystems and Solid State Technologies EMFT, Hansastraße 27d, D-80686 Munich, Germany. matthias.steinmassl@emft.fraunhofer.de.
Hanns-Erik EndresFraunhofer EMFT, Research Institution for Microsystems and Solid State Technologies EMFT, Hansastraße 27d, D-80686 Munich, Germany. hanns-erik.endres@emft.fraunhofer.de.
Andreas DrostFraunhofer EMFT, Research Institution for Microsystems and Solid State Technologies EMFT, Hansastraße 27d, D-80686 Munich, Germany. andreas.drost@emft.fraunhofer.de.
Ignaz EiseleFraunhofer EMFT, Research Institution for Microsystems and Solid State Technologies EMFT, Hansastraße 27d, D-80686 Munich, Germany. ignaz.eisele@emft.fraunhofer.de.
Christoph KutterFraunhofer EMFT, Research Institution for Microsystems and Solid State Technologies EMFT, Hansastraße 27d, D-80686 Munich, Germany. christoph.kutter@emft.fraunhofer.de.
Peter Müller-BuschbaumPhysik-Department, Lehrstuhl für Funktionelle Materialien, Technische Universität München, James-Franck-Strasse 1, D-85748 Garching, Germany. muellerb@ph.tum.de.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The development of humidity sensors with simple transduction principles attracts considerable interest by both scientific researchers and industrial companies. Capacitive humidity sensors, based on polyimide sensing material with different thickness and surface morphologies, are prepared. The surface morphology of the sensing layer is varied from flat to rough and then to nanostructure called nanograss by using an oxygen plasma etch process. The relative humidity (RH) sensor selectively responds to the presence of water vapor by a capacitance change. The interaction between polyimide and water molecules is studied by FTIR spectroscopy. The complete characterization of the prepared capacitive humidity sensor performance is realized using a gas mixing setup and an evaluation kit. A linear correlation is found between the measured capacitance and the RH level in the range of 5 to 85%. The morphology of the humidity sensing layer is revealed as an important parameter influencing the sensor performance. It is proved that a nanograss-like structure is the most effective for detecting RH, due to its rapid response and recovery times, which are comparable to or even better than the ones of commercial polymer-based sensors. This work demonstrates the readiness of the developed RH sensor technology for industrialization.

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flat polyimidehumidity sensornanograss polyimiderough polyimide

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PMID29751632
PMCPMC5982669

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