From artificial hair cell sensor to artificial lateral line system: Development and application

Author

Yang, Yingchen ; Chen, Nannan ; Tucker, Craig ; Engel, Jonathan ; Pandya, Saunvit ; Liu, Chang

Author_Institution

Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana

fYear

2007

fDate

21-25 Jan. 2007

Firstpage

577

Lastpage

580

Abstract

We report the development and application of an artificial hair cell (AHC) flow sensor inspired by biological systems. With optimized design and fabrication process, the AHC is characterized in terms of sensitivity, calibration, and robustness. Especially, an AHC can discern variations of water flow down to 0.1 mm/s and survive 55deg deflections. The sensor has been applied to flow field measurements, matching perfectly with analytical and previous experimental results. By employing arrays of such AHC sensors, an artificial lateral line is constructed for biomimetic studies on localizing and tracking hydrodynamic events.

Keywords

biomimetics; biosensors; calibration; cellular biophysics; flow measurement; flow sensors; hydrodynamics; sensitivity; zoology; artificial hair cell flow sensor; artificial lateral line system; biomimetics; calibration; flow field measurements; hydrodynamics; robustness; sensitivity; water flow; Biological systems; Biosensors; Cells (biology); Design optimization; Fabrication; Hair; Process design; Sensor arrays; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Sensor systems and applications;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, 2007. MEMS. IEEE 20th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Hyogo

ISSN

1084-6999

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-095-5

Electronic_ISBN

1084-6999

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MEMSYS.2007.4432986

Filename

4432986