Comparison of piezoresistive monofilament polymer sensors

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1278-1294

  Melnykowycz, Mark ^a   Koll, Birgit ^a   Scharf, Dagobert ^a   Clemens, Frank ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

High strain; Monofilament; Piezoresistive; Polymer; Sensor; Wearable computing

Indexed keywords

ELASTOMERS; PATIENT MONITORING; POLYMERS; RUBBER; SILICONES; TEXTILE BLENDS; WEARABLE COMPUTERS; WEAVING;

CONDUCTIVE POLYMER; DEFORMATION CONTROL; HIGH STRAINS; MONOFILAMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING; PIEZO-RESISTIVE; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; WEARABLE COMPUTING;

SENSORS;

EID: 84892562612     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s140101278     Document Type: Article

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