Field-controllable flexible strain sensors using pentacene semiconductors

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1105-1107

  Ji, Taeksoo ^a   Jung, Soyoun ^a   Varadan, Vijay K ^a  

^a 3202 Bell Engineering Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Pentacene; Polyethylene naphthalate (PEN); Sensors; Strain sensor; Thin film transistors (TFTs); Thin films; Transistors; Wheatstone bridge

Indexed keywords

ON-OFF CONTROL SYSTEMS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS;

FIELD-CONTROLLABLE STRAIN SENSOR; PENTACENE; POLYETHYLENE NAPHTHALATE; WHEATSTONE BRIDGE;

SENSOR ARRAYS;

EID: 36549062443     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2007.909977     Document Type: Article

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