Advanced approaches for quantitative characterization of thermal transport properties in soft materials using thin, conformable resistive sensors.

ABSTRACT: Noninvasive methods for precise characterization of the thermal properties of soft biological tissues such as the skin can yield vital details about physiological health status including at critical intervals during recovery following skin injury. Here, we introduce quantitative measurement and characterization methods that allow rapid, accurate determination of the thermal conductivity of soft materials using thin, skin-like resistive sensor platforms. Systematic evaluations of skin at eight different locations and of six different synthetic skin-mimicking materials across sensor sizes, measurement times, and surface geometries (planar, highly curvilinear) validate simple scaling laws for data interpretation and parameter extraction. As an example of the possibilities, changes in the ther

SUBMITTER: Crawford KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6435340 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature