Tactile sensing properties of protein-like single-helix carbon microcoils

Carbon

Volumn 44, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 3352-3355

  Yang, Shaoming ^a   Chen, Xiuqin ^a   Motojima, S ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon microcoils; Chemical vapor deposition; Electrical properties; Mechanical properties; Sensor

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750334708     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2006.09.001     Document Type: Letter

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