Interfacing biomimetics and nanomaterials for next generation wearables [PDF]
, 2022 With the steady rise in average life expectancy across the globe in the last century, lifestyle related diseases are causing a burden on existing healthcare infrastructure.
Sengupta, Debarun
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Physical activity counselling during pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with COPD : a randomised controlled trial [PDF]
, 2015 Background Pulmonary rehabilitation programs only modestly enhance daily physical activity levels in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This randomised controlled trial investigates the additional effect of an individual activity
Burtin, Chris +8 more
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Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2023 Tactile sensor capable of detecting both normal and tangential forces is essential for the next‐generation robotic electronics. However, designing a reliable triaxial tactile sensor to decouple the normal and tangential forces is still a challenge for ...
Yiding Gu +5 more
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An experimental study of the dual-fuel performance of a small compression ignition diesel engine operating with three gaseous fuels [PDF]
, 2007 A dual-fuel engine is a compression ignition (CI) engine where the primary gaseous fuel source is premixed with air as it enters the combustion chamber.
A Clarke +14 more
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Highly Sensitive Flexible Capacitive Pressure Sensor with ZnO NW interlayers [PDF]
, 2021 Pressure or force sensors that can reliably detect a broad range of pressure with high sensitivity are prerequisite for applications such as human-machine interface, electronic skin in robotics, and health monitoring. This paper presents a novel approach
Dahiya, R. +3 more
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Ceramic nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes reinforced thermoplastic materials for piezocapacitive sensing applications [PDF]
Composites Science and Technology, 2019 Abstract This work reports on the development of polymer composites for load sensing applications. Three thermoplastic polymers, one with elastomeric behaviour, namely poly(styrene-butadiene-styrene) and poly(styrene–ethylene/butylene-styrene), and a semi-crystalline fluorinated polymer, poly(vinylidene fluoride), were selected as hosting matrices ...
Marinho, T. +5 more
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Soft manipulators and grippers: A review [PDF]
, 2016 Soft robotics is a growing area of research which utilizes the compliance and adaptability of soft structures to develop highly adaptive robotics for soft interactions.
Culha, U +5 more
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PDMS-ZnO Piezoelectric Nanocomposites for Pressure Sensors [PDF]
, 2021 The addition of piezoelectric zinc oxide (ZnO) fillers into a flexible polymer matrix has emerged as potential piezocomposite materials that can be used for applications such as energy harvesters and pressure sensors.
Cheung, Rebecca +3 more
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3D-Printed Soft Proprioceptive Graded Porous Actuators with Strain Estimation by System Identification [PDF]
, 2023 Integration of both actuation and proprioception into the robot body leads to a single integrated system that can deform and sense. Within this work, liquid rope coiling is used to 3D-print soft graded porous actuators.
Sadeghi, Ali +2 more
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Detailed Study of Amplitude Nonlinearity in Piezoresistive Force Sensors
Sensors, 2011 This article upgrades the RC linear model presented for piezoresistive force sensors. Amplitude nonlinearity is found in sensor conductance, and a characteristic equation is formulated for modeling its response under DC-driving voltages below 1 V.
Pablo Gonzalez De Santos +3 more
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