Effects of compressive strains on electrical conductivities of a macroscale carbon nanotube block

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 15, 2007, Pages

  Pushparaj, Victor L ^a   Ci, Lijie ^a   Sreekala, Subbalakshmi ^a   Kumar, Ashavani ^a   Kesapragada, Sai ^a   Gall, Daniel ^a   Nalamasu, Omkaram ^a   Pulickel, Ajayan M ^a   Suhr, Jonghwan ^b  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b University of Nevada   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY;

COMPRESSIVE STRAIN; COMPRESSIVE STRAIN SENSING; ELASTIC BENDING;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 35248821081     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2798599     Document Type: Article

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