Design of a piezoelectric based tactile sensor with bio-inspired micro/nano-pillars

Tribology International

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 321-331

  Murat Koç, Ilker ^a,b   Akça, Emre ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Gecko fiber; Piezoelectric polymer; Tactile sensing

Indexed keywords

BIO-INSPIRED; DIMENSIONAL PARAMETERS; FIBER STRUCTURES; FIBRILLAR STRUCTURES; HUMAN HANDS; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; PIEZOELECTRIC FILM; PIEZOELECTRIC POLYMERS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SYNTHETIC POLYMERS; TACTILE SENSING; TACTILE SENSORS; VERTICAL FIBER;

DESIGN; FIBERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; POLYMERS; SENSORS;

PIEZOELECTRICITY;

EID: 84871338637     PISSN: 0301679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2012.06.003     Document Type: Article

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