Artificial Tongue Embedded with Conceptual Receptor for Rubber Gustatory Sensor by Electrolytic Polymerization Technique with Utilizing Hybrid Fluid (HF)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Material
2.1. Conceptual Receptor
2.2. HF Rubber
2.3. Artificial Receptor and Tongue
2.4. Equivalent Electric Circuit
3. Experimental Procedure
3.1. Mechanical and Thermal Response
3.2. Gustatory Response
4. Results and Discussion
4.1. Mechanical and Thermal Response
4.2. Gustatory Response
5. Conclusions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
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HF Rubber 1 | HF Rubber 2 | HF Rubber 3 | HF Rubber 4 | ||
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Ingredients | water | 3 g | 3 g | 1 g | 1 g |
Sodium tungstate (VI) dehydrate (Na2WO4 2H2O, Fujifilm Wako Chemical Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan) | 0.5 g | 0.5 g | - | 0.5 g | |
TiO2 (Anataze type, Fujifilm Wako Chemical Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan) | 0.5 g | 0.5 g | 0.5 g | 0.5 g | |
HF | 1 g | 1 g | 1 g | 1 g | |
NR-latex (Ulacol; Rejitex Co., Ltd., Atsugi, Japan) | 3 g | 3 g | 3 g | 3 g | |
CR-latex (671A; Showa Denko Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan) | 3 g | 3 g | 3 g | 3 g | |
Carbonyl Ni powder (No. 123, Yamaishi Co., Ltd., Noda, Japan) | 3 g | 3 g | 3 g | 3 g |
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Shimada, K. Artificial Tongue Embedded with Conceptual Receptor for Rubber Gustatory Sensor by Electrolytic Polymerization Technique with Utilizing Hybrid Fluid (HF). Sensors 2022, 22, 6979. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22186979
Shimada K. Artificial Tongue Embedded with Conceptual Receptor for Rubber Gustatory Sensor by Electrolytic Polymerization Technique with Utilizing Hybrid Fluid (HF). Sensors. 2022; 22(18):6979. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22186979
Chicago/Turabian StyleShimada, Kunio. 2022. "Artificial Tongue Embedded with Conceptual Receptor for Rubber Gustatory Sensor by Electrolytic Polymerization Technique with Utilizing Hybrid Fluid (HF)" Sensors 22, no. 18: 6979. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22186979
APA StyleShimada, K. (2022). Artificial Tongue Embedded with Conceptual Receptor for Rubber Gustatory Sensor by Electrolytic Polymerization Technique with Utilizing Hybrid Fluid (HF). Sensors, 22(18), 6979. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22186979