Reinforcement of piezoelectric polymers with carbon nanotubes: Pathway to next-generation sensors

Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 199-208

  Ramaratnam, Arun ^a   Jalili, Nader ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Electromechanical coupling coefficient; Multiwalled nanotubes; Piezoelectric polymers; Single walled nanotubes; Vibration control

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MEASUREMENT THEORY; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SENSORS; STANDARDIZATION; VIBRATION CONTROL;

ELECTROMECHANICAL COUPLING COEFFICIENTS; MULTIWALLED NANOTUBES; PIEZOELECTRIC POLYMERS; SINGLE-WALLED NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 33645664001     PISSN: 1045389X     EISSN: 15308138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1045389X06055282     Document Type: Article

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