Soft Touch

Surfaces of everyday consumer products such as furniture, computer mice, gaming controllers, or even can cooler etc. should all feel pleasant to the touch. This pleasant touch depends on the material as well as the structure of its surface i.e. the haptic. Most of these products are finally produced by injection molding or embossing techniques. Beside coating, structuring of the corresponding tools represents an interesting method to fabricate specially designed “soft touch” surfaces.

In this project, the students will investigate the influence of the surface structure and the material characteristics on the touch feeling of surfaces and find structures with a dedicated “soft touch” effect.

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Project Partners

Prof. Dr. Per Magnus Kristiansen

Head of FHNW Institute of Polymer Nanotechnology

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