Microfabrication of PZT force sensors for minimally invasive surgical tools

Journal of Physics: Conference Series

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 979-984

  Ezhilvalavan, S ^a   Zhang, Zaoli ^a   Loh, Jeremy ^a   Ying, Jackie Y ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOENGINEERING AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

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EID: 33744538734     PISSN: 17426588     EISSN: 17426596     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/34/1/162     Document Type: Article

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