Geometry‐Encoded Soft Strain Sensing via Liquid‐Metal Transmission Lines
Zhang Liu, Fengdeng Jin, Wenxuan Shi, Meng She, Ziqi Meng, Miao Fang, Yixin Zhang, Qianwen Dong, Wandi Yang, Lei Shi, Xujia Zhao, Feng Zhou, Bin Yao · 2026
Read Geometry‐Encoded Soft Strain Sensing via Liquid‐Metal Transmission Lines by Zhang Liu, Fengdeng Jin, Wenxuan Shi, Meng She, Ziqi Meng, Miao Fang, Yixin Zhang, Qianwen Dong, Wandi Yang, Lei Shi, Xujia Zhao, Feng Zhou, Bin Yao (2026) in the Tower of Babel, a free online library of public-domain works preserved in clean, searchable text. No sign-up. The full text is served as a plain-text file at a predictable URL, where text is present: https://antarctic-labs.com/tower-of-babel/pmc-13583088.txt.
Description
Liu and co-authors encode strain into pulse travel time in a soft sensor. Soft sensors often read strain from signal height, which needs calibration. Their sensor sends a pulse down a liquid-metal line. Stretch lengthens the path, so the pulse arrives later. Folds or side squeezes that keep path length leave the read clean.
The response stayed linear up to 400 percent strain. Length resolution held at 10 mm across the full range. Units matched each other well with no per-device tuning. Tests ran on curved skin, inflatables, and air muscles. Stable reads held under pre-strain and repeat cycles.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Zhang Liu, Fengdeng Jin, Wenxuan Shi, Meng She, Ziqi Meng, Miao Fang, Yixin Zhang, Qianwen Dong, Wandi Yang, Lei Shi, Xujia Zhao, Feng Zhou, Bin Yao |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 49 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |