A novel transepidermal water loss sensor

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1022-1026

  Valentin, Bernhard ^a,b   Mündlein, Martin ^b   Chabicovsky, Rupert ^a,b   Nicolics, Johann ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Austria)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Human skin; Microsensor; Transepidermal water loss (TEWL) sensor

Indexed keywords

HUMAN SKIN; HYGROSCOPIC SALT; INTERDIGITAL ELECTRODE SYSTEMS; TRANSEPIDERMAL WATER LOSS (TEWL) SENSOR;

CALIBRATION; ELECTRODES; SALTS; SKIN; THIN FILMS; WATER;

MICROSENSORS;

EID: 33746932154     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2006.877976     Document Type: Article

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