Piezoelectricity of chiral polymeric fiber and its application in biomedical engineering

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1000-1008

  Tajitsu, Yoshiro ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CHIRALITY; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS; PIEZOELECTRICITY;

CHIRAL POLYMERIC FIBER; PIEZOELECTRIC MOTION; POLY-L-LACTIC ACID (PLLA);

PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS;

LACTIC ACID; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROMANIPULATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TRANSDUCER;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LACTIC ACID; MICROMANIPULATION; POLYMERS; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 44249102330     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2008.746     Document Type: Conference Paper

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