Passive wireless strain and pH sensing using carbon nanotube-gold nanocomposite thin films

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6529 PART 1, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Loh, Kenneth J ^a   Lynch, Jerome P ^a   Kotov, Nicholas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Gold nanoparticles; Layer by layer assembly; pH; RFID; Strain; Wireless

Indexed keywords

GOLD NANOPARTICLES; PASSIVE WIRELESS STRAIN; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID) SYSTEMS;

BANDWIDTH; GOLD; NANOCOMPOSITES; PH EFFECTS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; THIN FILMS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 35548977103     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.715826     Document Type: Conference Paper

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