A Mechanics Model for Sensors Imperfectly Bonded to the Skin for Determination of the Young's Moduli of Epidermis and Dermis

J. H. Yuan, Y. Shi, M. Pharr, X. Feng, John A. Rogers, Yonggang Huang*

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Abstract

A mechanics model is developed for the encapsulated piezoelectric thin-film actuators/sensors system imperfectly bonded to the human skin to simultaneously determine the Young's moduli of the epidermis and dermis as well as the thickness of epidermis.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number084501
JournalJournal of Applied Mechanics, Transactions ASME
Volume83
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 1 2016

Funding

J.Y. acknowledges the support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11402133). X.F. acknowledges the support from the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2015CB351900) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11320101001). Y.H. acknowledges the support from the U.S. National Science Foundation (CMMI-1400169 and CMMI-1300846) and from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (Grant No. R01EB019337).

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering

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