Nanocomposite flexible pressure sensor for biomedical applications

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue , 2011, Pages 140-143

  Sepulveda A T ^a   Fachin, F ^b   Guzman De Villoria R ^b   Wardle, B L ^b   Viana, J C ^a   Pontes, A J ^a   Rocha, L A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysms; Carbon nanotubes; Flexible pressure sensor; Polymer nanocomposite; Pressure sensor design

Indexed keywords

ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBES; ANEURYSMS; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; CAPACITIVE SENSOR; CROSS SECTION; ENDOVASCULAR; FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE; LAYERED COMPOSITES; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; SILICONE ELASTOMERS;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CARBON NANOTUBES; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; NANOCOMPOSITES; SILICONES;

PRESSURE SENSORS;

EID: 84857161629     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2011.12.035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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