Piezoresistive Flexible Sensors Made From Functional Polymer Films Decorated with Conductive Nanoparticles for Smart Monitoring and Renewable Energy Applications

This project is part of an interdisciplinary and international collaboration bringing together experts in nanomaterials, sensor technology, and engineering from the University of Technology of Troyes (UTT, France), Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e, The Netherlands) and Hanze University of Applied Sciences (HUAS, The Netherlands). It presents an innovative, integrated approach including design, fabrication, characterization, and integration of flexible sensors dedicated to wind turbine blade monitoring, aiming to advance smart monitoring and renewable energy research. The sensor will be developed using functional polymer films decorated with conductive nanoparticles. A novel manufacturing approach will be applied, combining additive manufacturing techniques with the colloidal deposition of silver or gold nanoparticles.