A Flexible Two-Sensor System for Temperature and Bending Angle Monitoring
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Device Fabrication
2.2. Calculation Method for Bending Angle
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Temperature Sensor
3.2. Angle Sensor
3.3. The Two-Sensor System and Its Applications
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Mu, Y.; Feng, R.; Gong, Q.; Liu, Y.; Jiang, X.; Hu, Y. A Flexible Two-Sensor System for Temperature and Bending Angle Monitoring. Materials 2021, 14, 2962. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14112962
Mu Y, Feng R, Gong Q, Liu Y, Jiang X, Hu Y. A Flexible Two-Sensor System for Temperature and Bending Angle Monitoring. Materials. 2021; 14(11):2962. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14112962
Chicago/Turabian StyleMu, Yifeng, Rou Feng, Qibei Gong, Yuxuan Liu, Xijun Jiang, and Youfan Hu. 2021. "A Flexible Two-Sensor System for Temperature and Bending Angle Monitoring" Materials 14, no. 11: 2962. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14112962