A novel bioinspired PVDF micro/nano hair receptor for a robot sensing system

Sensors

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 994-1011

  Li, Fei ^a   Liu, Weiting ^a   Stefanini, Cesare ^b   Fu, Xin ^a   Dario, Paolo ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aligned PVDF micro nano fiber; Artificial hair receptor; Micro nano fiber fabrication; Thermo direct drawing

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL HAIR RECEPTOR; EXTERNAL PRESSURES; MICRO/NANO FIBERS; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDES; RESEARCH GROUPS; ROBOT SENSING SYSTEM; SENSING SYSTEMS; SUBMICRON DIAMETERS;

MACHINE DESIGN; SENSORS;

FIBERS;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; POLYVINYL DERIVATIVE; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HAIR; INSECT; INSTRUMENTATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS; TRANSDUCER;

ANIMALS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HAIR; INSECTS; MECHANORECEPTORS; POLYVINYLS; ROBOTICS; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 77953657457     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s100100994     Document Type: Article

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