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Title:	Smart polymeric temperature sensors – for biological systems
Author:	Sinha, Greenee Anilkumar
View Online:	njit-etd2017-080 (viii, 57 pages ~ 1.7 MB pdf)
Department:	Committee for the Interdisciplinary Program in Materials Science and Engineering
Degree:	Master of Science
Program:	Materials Science and Engineering
Document Type:	Thesis
Advisory Committee:	Ravindra, N. M. (Committee chair) Basuray, S. (Committee member) Jaffe, Michael (Committee member) Stein, Alex (Committee member)
Date:	2017-05
Keywords:	Traumatic brain injury Smart temperature sensors Brain temperature
Availability:	Unrestricted
Abstract:	The damaged brain is vulnerable to increase in brain temperature after a severe head injury. Continuous monitoring of intracranial temperature depicts functionality essential to the treatment of brain injury Many innovations have been made in the biomedical industry relying on electronic implants in treating condition such as traumatic brain injury (TBI) or other cerebral diseases. Hence, a methodical and reliable way to measure the temperature is crucial to assess the patient’s situation. In this investigation, an analysis of various approaches to detect the change in the temperature due to resistance, current-voltage characteristics with respect to time has been evaluated. Also, studies describing various materials used in sensors, their working principles and the results anticipated in these discrete procedures are presented. These smart temperature sensors have provided the accuracy and the stability compared to earlier methods used to detect the change in brain temperature since temperature is one of the most important variables in brain monitoring.