Analysis of the flexible PDMS capacitive microsensor for the 3-axis force measurement

Micro and Nanosystems

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 208-213

  Lei, Kin Fong ^a,b   Lee, Kun Fei ^b   Li, Cheng You ^b  

^a Graduate Institute of Medical Mechatronics   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

3 axis pressure sensor; Capacitive microsensor; Gait analysis; Plantar pressure

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICAL APPLICATION; CAPACITANCE CHANGE; CAPACITANCE VALUES; CURING AGENTS; CURVED SURFACES; DIELECTRIC LAYER; ELASTIC MATERIALS; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS; HIGH DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; INTERFACIAL FORCES; LINEAR STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; MIXING RATIOS; NON-LINEARITY; NORMAL FORCES; NORMAL STRESS; PLANTAR PRESSURES; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; REAL TIME; SENSING ELECTRODE; SHEAR FORCE; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIPS; TUNABLE ELASTICITY; UNIFORM COMPRESSION;

BIOMECHANICS; CAPACITANCE; ELASTICITY; ELECTRODES; GAIT ANALYSIS; MICROCHANNELS; MIXING; SHEAR STRESS; SILICONES; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES;

MICROSENSORS;

EID: 84867032327     PISSN: 18764029     EISSN: 18764037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1876402911204030208     Document Type: Article

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