Environmentally Friendly and Biodegradable Ultrasensitive Piezoresistive Sensors for Wearable Electronics Applications

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 8761-8772 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vitor Sencadas ◽  
Charbel Tawk ◽  
Gursel Alici
Keyword(s):  
Environmentally Friendly ◽  
Wearable Electronics ◽  
Piezoresistive Sensors

scholarly journals Fully transient stretchable fruit‐based battery as safe and environmentally friendly power source for wearable electronics

EcoMat ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zifeng Wang ◽  
Xue Li ◽  
Zijie Yang ◽  
Hongchen Guo ◽  
Yu Jun Tan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmentally Friendly ◽  
Power Source ◽  
Wearable Electronics

scholarly journals Bidirectional and Stretchable Piezoresistive Sensors Enabled by Multimaterial 3D Printing of Carbon Nanotube/Thermoplastic Polyurethane Nanocomposites

Polymers ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josef Christ ◽  
Nahal Aliheidari ◽  
Petra Pötschke ◽  
Amir Ameli
Keyword(s):  
Thermoplastic Polyurethane ◽  
Cyclic Strain ◽  
Extrusion Process ◽  
Directional Sensitivity ◽  
Wearable Electronics ◽  
Fused Filament Fabrication ◽  
Multiwalled Carbon ◽  
Piezoresistive Sensors ◽  
Complex Design ◽  
Potential Applications

Fabricating complex sensor platforms is still a challenge because conventional sensors are discrete, directional, and often not integrated within the system at the material level. Here, we report a facile method to fabricate bidirectional strain sensors through the integration of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) and multimaterial additive manufacturing. Thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU)/MWCNT filaments were first made using a two-step extrusion process. TPU as the platform and TPU/MWCNT as the conducting traces were then 3D printed in tandem using multimaterial fused filament fabrication to generate uniaxial and biaxial sensors with several conductive pattern designs. The sensors were subjected to a series of cyclic strain loads. The results revealed excellent piezoresistive responses with cyclic repeatability in both the axial and transverse directions and in response to strains as high as 50%. It was shown that the directional sensitivity could be tailored by the type of pattern design. A wearable glove, with built-in sensors, capable of measuring finger flexure was also successfully demonstrated where the sensors are an integral part of the system. These sensors have potential applications in wearable electronics, soft robotics, and prosthetics, where complex design, multi-directionality, embedding, and customizability are demanded.

New Bronchodilator Joins Group of Environmentally Friendly Agents

2005 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
pp. 67
Author(s):  
DAMIAN MCNAMARA
Keyword(s):  
Environmentally Friendly

Ambulatory Activity Monitoring

2009 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 142-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johannes B.J. Bussmann ◽  
Ulrich W. Ebner-Priemer ◽  
Jochen Fahrenberg
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Activity Monitoring ◽  
Main Stream ◽  
Computer Algorithms ◽  
Ambulatory Activity ◽  
Physiological Variables ◽  
Piezoresistive Sensors ◽  
Self Reports ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Objectively Measured

Behavior is central to psychology in almost any definition. Although observable activity is a core aspect of behavior, assessment strategies have tended to focus on emotional, cognitive, or physiological responses. When physical activity is assessed, it is done so mostly with questionnaires. Converging evidence of only a moderate association between self-reports of physical activity and objectively measured physical activity does raise questions about the validity of these self-reports. Ambulatory activity monitoring, defined as the measurement strategy to assess physical activity, posture, and movement patterns continuously in everyday life, has made major advances over the last decade and has considerable potential for further application in the assessment of observable activity, a core aspect of behavior. With new piezoresistive sensors and advanced computer algorithms, the objective measurement of physical activity, posture, and movement is much more easily achieved and measurement precision has improved tremendously. With this overview, we introduce to the reader some recent developments in ambulatory activity monitoring. We will elucidate the discrepancies between objective and subjective reports of activity, outline recent methodological developments, and offer the reader a framework for developing insight into the state of the art in ambulatory activity-monitoring technology, discuss methodological aspects of time-based design and psychometric properties, and demonstrate recent applications. Although not yet main stream, ambulatory activity monitoring – especially in combination with the simultaneous assessment of emotions, mood, or physiological variables – provides a comprehensive methodology for psychology because of its suitability for explaining behavior in context.

Are BMP Criteria Really Environmentally Friendly

WRPMD'99 ◽  
1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larry A. Roesner ◽  
Robert W. Brashear
Keyword(s):  
Environmentally Friendly

Environmentally Friendly Preparation of Magnetic Composites Featuring Proteolytic Properties

INEOS OPEN ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. A. Samoilova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Enzyme Immobilization ◽  
Maleic Acid ◽  
Environmentally Friendly ◽  
Synthetic Polymer ◽  
Magnetic Composites ◽  
Interpolyelectrolyte Complex ◽  
Hydrolysis Rates ◽  
Poly Ethylene ◽  
Noncovalent Binding

The enzyme-containing magnetic composites are presented. The magnetic matrix for enzyme immobilization is obtained by sequential application of an amine-containing polysaccharide—chitosan and a synthetic polymer—poly(ethylene-alt-maleic acid) to the magnetite microparticles to form the interpolyelectrolyte complex shell. Then, the enzyme (trypsin) is immobilized by covalent or noncovalent binding. Thus, the suggested composites can be readily obtained in the environmentally friendly manner. The enzyme capacity of the resulting composites reaches 28.0–32.6 mg/g. The maximum hydrolysis rates of the H-Val-Leu-Lys-pNA substrate provided by these composites range within 0.60·10–7–0.77·10–7 M/min.

Method of high frequency therapy at cows' mastitis during machine milking

2020 ◽  
pp. 9-12
Author(s):  
Viktor E. Lyubimov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Dairy Cows ◽  
Electromagnetic Fields ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Environmentally Friendly ◽  
Ultrahigh Frequency ◽  
Machine Milking ◽  
High Frequency Electromagnetic Field ◽  
Milking Machine ◽  
Methods Of Treatment

Health of dairy cows ensures human health, so it is important that dairy products do not contain antibiotics that are used to treat any inflammation, including mastitis. In Russia at present, the problem of mastitis in cows exists with both attached and loose housing of cows. Mastitis of dairy cows are the great problem in milking husbandry. Losses from mastitis in milk yield can reach 15-20%. The main reasons for the occurrence of nonspecific mastitis of cows are the shortcomings of the working components of the milking machine: the degree of deterioration of the nipple rubber and the violation of machine milking technology (the reduction in pre-milking time and vacuum fluctuations account for 70% of all causes). Treatment of mastitis with antibiotics is effective, but not environmentally friendly and unacceptable. For the treatment of inflammation of the udder, it is necessary to use more environmentally friendly methods of treatment, one of which is the exposure to ultra-high frequency electromagnetic field tested by medicine. Use of three types of medical-mobile milking machines with the same method of exposure to ultrahigh-frequency electromagnetic fields on cow's nipples through electrodes in milking cups: LPDA-1-UHF, LPDA-2-UHF and LPDA-UHF-30 M, is described in the article. Author proved that cows with subclinical forms of mastitis recovered faster during milking with exposure to the ultrahigh frequency than when treated by antibiotics, and milking with the ultrahigh frequency device helps to recover 82% of the affected quarters with clinical forms and 100% of cows with subclinical forms of mastitis or with udder irritation. The high efficiency of the method of exposure to electromagnetic fields of the ultrahigh frequency during machine milking by means of medical-mobile milking machines LPDA-UHF for the prevention and treatment of mastitis of cows was shown.

Environmentally friendly polymer nanocomposites

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suprakas Sinha Ray
Keyword(s):  
Polymer Nanocomposites ◽  
Environmentally Friendly
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