Recent developments in flexible wearable electronics for monitoring applications

Transactions of the Institute of Measurement & Control

Volumn 29, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 283-300

  Lam po Tang, S ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

monitoring; smart; textiles; wearable electronics

Indexed keywords

FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS; MONITORING; TEXTILES;

ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS; LATEST DEVELOPMENT; MONITORING APPLICATIONS; MONITORING PURPOSE; NEW APPLICATIONS; SMART; WIRELESS REVOLUTION;

WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 46649110758     PISSN: 01423312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0142331207070389     Document Type: Article

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