TY - GEN
T1 - MEMS Biomimetic Superficial and Canal Neuromasts for Flow Sensing
AU - Kottapalli, Ajay Giri Prakash
AU - Sengupta, Debarun
AU - Kanhere, Elgar
AU - Bora, Meghali
AU - Miao, Jianmin
AU - Triantafyllou, Michael
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Neuromast sensors found in fishes detect flows around their body and are known to generate hydrodynamic awareness. This work reports the development of superficial neuromast (SN) and canal neuromast (CN) inspired MEMS flow sensors. The MEMS artificial neuromast sensors mimic the key features of the SN and the CN such as the shape and the mechanical properties of the cupula. In case of both SN and CN MEMS sensors, hydrogels with varying initiator concentrations were used to replicate the Young’s modulus of the biological cupula. The MEMS SN and CN sensors were experimentally characterized in steady-state and oscillatory flows respectively.
AB - Neuromast sensors found in fishes detect flows around their body and are known to generate hydrodynamic awareness. This work reports the development of superficial neuromast (SN) and canal neuromast (CN) inspired MEMS flow sensors. The MEMS artificial neuromast sensors mimic the key features of the SN and the CN such as the shape and the mechanical properties of the cupula. In case of both SN and CN MEMS sensors, hydrogels with varying initiator concentrations were used to replicate the Young’s modulus of the biological cupula. The MEMS SN and CN sensors were experimentally characterized in steady-state and oscillatory flows respectively.
U2 - 10.3390/proceedings2131044
DO - 10.3390/proceedings2131044
M3 - Conference contribution
VL - 2
T3 - Proceedings
BT - Proceedings of EUROSENSORS 2018
PB - MDPI AG
T2 - Eurosensors 2018
Y2 - 9 September 2018 through 12 September 2018
ER -