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==Project Description==

[[File:PhosFOS_flexible_skinPhosFOS flexible skin.jpg|thumbnail|right|400px|Figure 1: Flexible skin concept]]

[[File:PhosFos_flexible_skin_demoPhosFos flexible skin demo.jpg‎jpg|thumbnail|right|400px|Figure 2: Photograph of a real flexible skin with embedded sensors made at the University of Gent]]

The PHOSFOS (Photonic Skins For Optical Sensing) project<ref>http://www.phosfos.eu/eng/Phosfos/About-us/Project-Summary </ref> is developing flexible and stretchable foils or skins that integrate optical sensing elements with optical and electrical devices as well as onboard signal processing and wireless communications, as seen in Figure 1. This flexible skins can be wrapped around, embedded in, attached and anchored to irregularly shaped and/or moving objects or bodies and will allow quasi-distributed sensing of mechanical quantities such as deformation, pressure, stress or strain<ref>http://spie.org/x38859.xml?highlight=x2406&ArticleID=x38859</ref>. This approach potentially gives a significant advnatage over conventional sensing systems because of the portablility of the resulting systems and the extended measurement range.

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[[File:NoiseGratingsZR.jpg|thumbnail|right|400px|Figure 3: Scattering of HeNe laser light from noise gratings recorded in PMMA using a 325 nm HeCd laser]]

<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Fabric with embedded POF sensors.jpg|thumbnail|right|400px|Figure 4: Digital image correlation (DIC) image of the strain field in a fabric fitted with polymer optical fiber (POF) and silica gratings under a load of 20N, using dimethyl cyclosiloxane (DMC) and Araldite adhesive. FBG: Fiber Bragg grating. Si: Silicon. N: Newtons. MPa: Megapascals]] -->

A summary of the key developments can be found on the PhosFOS EU webpage [http://www.phosfos.eu/eng/Phosfos/Facts-Results] and include the demonstration of a fully flexible opto-electronic foil<ref>Fully flexible opto-electronic foil, E. Bosman, G. Van Steenberge, I. Milenkov, K. Panajotov, H. Thienpont, J. Bauwelinck, P. Van Daele, Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 2010 </ref>.

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==Consortium==

* [http://www.vub.ac.be], [[Vrije_Universiteit_BrusselVrije Universiteit Brussel]]

* [http://www.cmst.be/], Interuniversitair Micro-Electronica Centrum VZW

* [http://www.ugent.be ], [[Universiteit_GentUniversiteit Gent]]

* [http://www.if.pwr.wroc.pl], Politechnika Wroclawska

* [http://www.umcs.lublin.pl], [[Maria Curie-Skłodowska University]]