@article{LaflammeKolloscheConnoretal.2013,
  author    = {Laflamme, Simon and Kollosche, Matthias and Connor, Jerome J. and Kofod, Guggi},
  title     = {Robust flexible capacitive surface sensor for structural health monitoring applications},
  series = {Journal of engineering mechanics},
  volume    = {139},
  journal   = {Journal of engineering mechanics},
  number    = {7},
  publisher = {American Society of Civil Engineers},
  address   = {Reston},
  issn      = {0733-9399},
  doi       = {10.1061/(ASCE)EM.1943-7889.0000530},
  pages     = {879 -- 885},
  year      = {2013},
  abstract  = {Early detection of possible defects in civil infrastructure is vital to ensuring timely maintenance and extending structure life expectancy. The authors recently proposed a novel method for structural health monitoring based on soft capacitors. The sensor consisted of an off-the-shelf flexible capacitor that could be easily deployed over large surfaces, the main advantages being cost-effectiveness, easy installation, and allowing simple signal processing. In this paper, a capacitive sensor with tailored mechanical and electrical properties is presented, resulting in greatly improved robustness while retaining measurement sensitivity. The sensor is fabricated from a thermoplastic elastomer mixed with titanium dioxide and sandwiched between conductive composite electrodes. Experimental verifications conducted on wood and concrete specimens demonstrate the improved robustness, as well as the ability of the sensing method to diagnose and locate strain.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{StoyanovKolloscheRisseetal.2013,
  author    = {Stoyanov, Hristiyan and Kollosche, Matthias and Risse, Sebastian and Wache, Remi and Kofod, Guggi},
  title     = {Soft conductive elastomer materials for stretchable electronics and voltage controlled artificial muscles},
  series = {Advanced materials},
  volume    = {25},
  journal   = {Advanced materials},
  number    = {4},
  publisher = {Wiley-VCH},
  address   = {Weinheim},
  issn      = {0935-9648},
  doi       = {10.1002/adma.201202728},
  pages     = {578 -- 583},
  year      = {2013},
  abstract  = {Block copolymer elastomer conductors (BEC) are mixtures of block copolymers grafted with conducting polymers, which are found to support very large strains, while retaining a high level of conductivity. These novel materials may find use in stretchable electronics. The use of BEC is demonstrated in a capacitive strain sensor and in an artificial muscle of the dielectric elastomer actuator type, supporting more than 100\% actuation strain and capacity strain sensitivity up to 300\%.},
  language  = {en}
}