Tactile microsensor elements prepared from aligned superelastic carbon microcoils and polysilicone matrix

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 687-694

  Yang, Shaoming ^a,b   Chen, Xiuqin ^b   Aoki, H ^b   Motojima, S ^b  

^a HUAQIAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC COILS; ELECTRODES; POLYSILICON; PYROLYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

COIL LENGTH; SENSING MATERIAL; SUPERELASTIC CARBON MICROCOILS; TACTILE SENSOR ELEMENTS;

MICROSENSORS;

EID: 33646863274     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/15/3/003     Document Type: Article

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