Tactile impression and friction of water on human skin

Yoshimune Nonomura; Takaharu Fujii; Yuichiro Arashi; Taku Miura; Takashi Maeno; Kaoru Tashiro; Yasuhisa Kamikawa; Rie Monchi

doi:10.1016/j.colsurfb.2008.11.024

Tactile impression and friction of water on human skin

Yoshimune Nonomura, Takaharu Fujii, Yuichiro Arashi, Taku Miura, Takashi Maeno, Kaoru Tashiro, Yasuhisa Kamikawa, Rie Monchi

Graduate School of System Design and Management

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Abstract

Water has a unique touch as well as characteristic physical properties. However, nobody knows the real identity of its touch. Here, we show that water creates a stick-slip feel when a small amount is rubbed using fingertip on an artificial skin that mimics the structure of human skin. The results of frictional analyses predict that this stick-slip feel is caused by a drastic change in frictional resistance. The present result is valuable for biologists and robot engineers as well as cognitive scientists and tribologists, because it is a new example of stick-slip phenomena on biological surfaces. The tactile texture of this most familiar material could also be applied to consumer products or virtual reality systems.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	264-267
Number of pages	4
Journal	Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces
Volume	69
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfb.2008.11.024
Publication status	Published - 2009 Mar 1

Keywords

Friction
Sensory evaluation
Tactile impression
Water

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Biotechnology
Surfaces and Interfaces
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Colloid and Surface Chemistry

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