Sensing capabilities based on dielectric electro active polymers - Feasibility and potential state-of-the-art application

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2616-2624

  Iskandarani, Yousef ^a   Karimi, Hamid Reza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dielectric electro active polymers (DEAPs); feasibility study; membrane; modeling; pressure sensor; pressure versus capacitance; smart material

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMERS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GEOMETRICAL SHAPES; KEY VARIABLES; LAMINATE MATERIALS; MEAN ERRORS; PRESSURE SENSING; PRESSURE-BASED; SENSOR DESIGNS; TEST METHODOLOGY; TEST RIGS; THEORETICAL MODELS; VALUE PROPOSITION;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CAPACITANCE; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; MEMBRANES; MODELS; PRESSURE SENSORS; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; SOFTWARE TESTING;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84862275373     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2012.2197198     Document Type: Article

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