Ultrathin conformal devices for precise and continuous thermal characterization of human skin

Nature Materials

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 938-944

  Webb, R Chad ^a   Bonifas, Andrew P ^a   Behnaz, Alex ^b   Zhang, Yihui ^c,d   Yu, Ki Jun ^a   Cheng, Huanyu ^d   Shi, Mingxing ^e   Bian, Zuguang ^d,f   Liu, Zhuangjian ^g   Kim, Yun Soung ^a   Yeo, Woon Hong ^a   Park, Jae Suk ^a   Song, Jizhou ^h   Li, Yuhang ^d   Huang, Yonggang ^d   Gorbach, Alexander M ^b   Rogers, John A ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND BIOENGINEERING   (United States)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Northwestern University   (United States)

^e SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

^h University of Miami College of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING GUIDELINES; HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL STIMULATIONS; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; SKIN TEMPERATURES; THEORETICAL STUDY; THERMAL CHARACTERIZATION; UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES;

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; EPIDERMIS; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REST; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STIMULATION; THERMOMETRY; TIME;

ADULT; EPIDERMIS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REST; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84884596674     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3755     Document Type: Article

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