Measurement of tensile force of ultra-thin membrane using force sensor clamp

Abstract

To obtain the tensile and tearing characterization of the human and biomimicking ILMs, a tensile characterization system for ultra-thin membrane using force sensor clamp was developed. The force sensor clamp consists of a quartz force sensor and a clamp with numbers of micro-holes to hold the membrane by vacuuming. Calibration results indicated that the fabricated force sensor clamp had the measurement range of 3.8×10⁴ (129 μN ~ 4.9 N). Finally, we conducted the tensile characterization test of the ILM model to demonstrate the proposed measurement system.