Sentences with phrase «flexible sensors»

Researchers have developed a new flexible sensor with high sensitivity that is designed to perform variety of chemical and biological analyses in very small spaces.

The researchers have developed a small array of flexible sensors, which accurately detect compounds in breath samples that are specific to ovarian cancer.

It could also create a new area of soft robotics, and enable new applications in flexible sensors and actuators, biomedical devices and platforms or scaffolds for cells to grow, Lee said.

Materials scientist Canan Dagdeviren's cutting - edge work on flexible sensors is grounded in personal experiences.

One problem with current flexible sensors, however, is that they can be easily scratched and otherwise damaged, potentially destroying their functionality.

«The vulnerability of flexible sensors used in real - world applications calls for the development of self - healing properties similar to how human skins heals,» said self - healing sensor co-developer Prof. Hossam Haick.

«The increased elasticity and flexibility obtained through the new process and design come without incorporating soft polymers, thereby making the metallic materials suitable as flexible sensors and electronics in harsh environments, where chemical and temperature resistance are required,» Zheng added.

The system is a network of flexible sensors woven or printed into a skullcap worn under a helmet.

The company's original idea was to stitch flexible sensors (provided by startup Loomia) into its boots and coats.

It is a discreet enough size with a flexible sensor that baby doesn't even notice is on.

The flexible sensors mean that you hardly notice that you are wearing the glove, says Timothy O'Connor who is working on the technology at the University of California, San Diego.

Flexible sensors have been developed for use in consumer electronics, robotics, health care, and space flight.

Specifically, it is for a flexible sensor system that can measure metabolites and electrolytes in sweat, calibrate the data based upon skin temperature and sync the results in real time to a smartphone.

Users wearing the flexible sensor array can run and move freely while the chemicals in their sweat are measured and analyzed.

So the researchers built a flexible sensor containing an enzyme that strips electrons from lactate to generate a weak electrical current.

Now researchers from the University of Surrey and Trinity College Dublin have for the first time treated common elastic bands with graphene, to create a flexible sensor that is sensitive enough for medical use and can be made cheaply.