An embedded PDMS nanocomposite strain sensor toward biomedical applications

Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 6391-6394

  Liu, Chao Xuan ^a   Choi, Jin Woo ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CARBON; ELECTRON DEVICE MANUFACTURE; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; STRAIN GAGES; YARN;

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; HYSTERESIS PHENOMENON; IMPLANTABLE BIOMEDICAL DEVICES; MICRO CONTACT PRINTING; MULTIPLE CYCLES; PIEZO-RESISTIVE; STRAIN SENSING; STRAIN SENSORS;

STRAIN;

EID: 77950993124     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5333873     Document Type: Conference Paper

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