Recent advances in biomimetic sensing technologies

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1893, 2009, Pages 1559-1569

  Johnson, E A C ^a   Bonser, R H C ^a   Jeronimidis, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomimetic; Insects; Micro air vehicle; Microelectromechanical systems; Patents; Sensors

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETICS; BUILDING MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; LITHIUM BATTERIES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHATRONICS; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; SENSORS;

BUILDING BLOCK; DIVERSE MATERIALS; FUNCTIONAL HIERARCHY; FUNCTIONAL STRUCTURE; INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY; INSECTS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS; MOLECULAR LEVELS; PATENTS; SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING; SENSING TECHNOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

BIOMATERIAL; BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOMIMETICS; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSECT; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOLOGY; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; BIOMIMETICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSECTS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 65549162230     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2009.0005     Document Type: Review

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