TiAg x thin films for lower limb prosthesis pressure sensors: Effect of composition and structural changes on the electrical and thermal response of the films

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 285, Issue PARTA, 2013, Pages 10-18

  Lopes, C ^a   Goncalves C ^a   Pedrosa, P ^a,b,c   Macedo, F ^a   Alves, E ^d   Barradas, N P ^e   Martin, N ^f   Fonseca, C ^b,c   Vaz, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^e INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Electrical resistivity; Pressure sensors; Thermal conductivity; TiAg films; XRD

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MORPHOLOGY; PRESSURE SENSORS; PROSTHETICS; SILVER; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THIN FILMS;

CRITICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTALLINE PHASIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC STRUCTURE; DC MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; LONG RANGE ORDERS; LOWER LIMB PROSTHESIS; STRUCTURAL FEATURE; THERMAL CHARACTERIZATION;

SILVER ALLOYS;

EID: 84886098217     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2013.07.021     Document Type: Article

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