Design and simulation of a novel biomechanic piezoresistive sensor with silicon nanowires

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1201-1210

  Messina, M ^a   Njuguna, James ^a   Dariol, V ^b   Pace, C ^b   Angeletti, G ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b EM Motorsport   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; biomedical devices; giant piezoresistance; implantable sensors; silicon nanowires (SiNWs)

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL DEVICES; CAR DRIVER; DESIGN AND SIMULATION; ELECTROMECHANICAL FEATURES; HEAD INJURIES; HIGH SENSITIVITY; IMPLANTABLE SENSORS; IMPLANTED DEVICE; MEASUREMENT RANGE; NANO SCALE; PIEZORESISTANCE; PIEZORESISTIVE DEVICES; PIEZORESISTIVE SENSORS; PIEZORESISTOR; SENSING ELEMENTS; SENSOR SENSITIVITY; SIGNAL AMPLIFICATIONS; SILICON NANOWIRES;

ACCELEROMETERS; BIOMECHANICS; MINIATURE INSTRUMENTS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SENSORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SILICON;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 84872863046     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2012.2200258     Document Type: Article

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