Apparatus and method of assembling an apparatus for sensing pressure
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a first electrode and a second electrode arranged to form a parallel plate capacitor;
a compressible, transparent dielectric layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode wherein the dielectric layer has both a nanostructure and a microstructure, and the dimensions of the nanostructure are such that the dielectric layer is optically transparent;
wherein the dielectric layer is porous;
wherein the dielectric layer is formed from a block copolymer; and
wherein the nanostructure and the microstructure of the dielectric layer define a hierarchical structure.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method of forming an apparatus wherein the apparatus includes a first electrode and a second electrode arranged to form a parallel plate capacitor; a compressible, transparent dielectric layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode wherein the dielectric layer has a nanostructure and the dimensions of the nanostructure are such that the dielectric layer is optically transparent.
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a first electrode and a second electrode arranged to form a parallel plate capacitor; a compressible, transparent dielectric layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode wherein the dielectric layer has both a nanostructure and a microstructure, and the dimensions of the nanostructure are such that the dielectric layer is optically transparent; wherein the dielectric layer is porous; wherein the dielectric layer is formed from a block copolymer; and wherein the nanostructure and the microstructure of the dielectric layer define a hierarchical structure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An apparatus, comprising:
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a first electrode and a second electrode arranged to form a parallel plate capacitor; and a compressible, transparent, and porous dielectric layer formed from a block copolymer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode wherein the dielectric layer has both a nanostructure and a microstructure, and the dimensions of the nanostructure are such that the dielectric layer is optically transparent; wherein the first electrode comprises a polymer substrate of polyethylene 2,6-naphthalate (PEN), an adhesion layer of chromium on the polymer substrate, and a layer of gold on the adhesion layer; and wherein the block copolymer comprises polystyrene and polylactic acid.
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18. An apparatus comprising:
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a first electrode and a second electrode arranged to form a parallel plate capacitor; a compressible, transparent dielectric layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode wherein the dielectric layer has both a nanostructure and a microstructure, and the dimensions of the nanostructure are such that the dielectric layer is optically transparent; wherein the dielectric layer is porous; wherein the dielectric layer is formed from a block copolymer; and wherein the nanostructure of the dielectric layer comprises elements comprising an internal arrangement of one or more of blocks of the block copolymer, pores, and boundaries between phases of block copolymer. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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