A flexible piezoelectric force sensor based on PVDF fabrics

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Wang, Y R ^b   Zheng, J M ^a   Ren, G Y ^a   Zhang, P H ^b   Xu, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREATHABILITY; FERROELECTRIC PROPERTY; FORCE SENSOR; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; GARMENT PRESSURE; HUMAN BODIES; MECHANICAL FORCE; MECHANICAL TREATMENTS; PIEZOELECTRIC FORCE SENSORS; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDES; PVDF FILMS; RESPIRATION RATE; SEM; TRANSDUCER MATERIAL;

BLOOD PRESSURE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

SENSORS;

EID: 79953244411     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/20/4/045009     Document Type: Article

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