Structural characterization of the whisker system of the rat

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 332-339

  Voges, Danja ^a   Carl, Kathrin ^a   Klauer, Gertrud J ^b   Uhlig, René ^a   Schilling, Cornelius ^a   Behn, Carsten ^a   Witte, Hartmut ^a  

^a ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomimetics; rat vibrissae; structure; tactile sensors; whiskers

Indexed keywords

CROSS SECTION; FEMALE RAT; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; LONGITUDINAL DIMENSION; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; PROTECTIVE FUNCTION; RAT WHISKERS; ROOFING SLATES; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION; TACTILE SENSORS; TEXTURE DISCRIMINATION;

BIOMIMETICS; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); SURFACE STRUCTURE; TISSUE;

RATS;

EID: 83455257975     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2011.2161464     Document Type: Article

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