Flexible thick-film electrochemical sensors: Impact of mechanical bending and stress on the electrochemical behavior

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 379-385

  Cai, Jiaying ^a   Cizek, Karel ^b   Long, Brenton ^a   McAferty, Kenyon ^a   Campbell, Casey G ^a   Allee, David R ^a   Vogt, Bryan D ^a   La Belle, Jeff ^a   Wang, Joseph ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrodes; Flexible substrates; Mechanical bending; Screen printing

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; GRAPHITE; GRAPHITE ELECTRODES; METAL RECOVERY; POLYIMIDES; SCREEN PRINTING; SENSORS; STRESSES; SUBSTRATES;

DEVICE FAILURES; ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCES; ELECTROCHEMICAL BEHAVIORS; ELECTROCHEMICAL RESPONSE; FLEXIBLE PLASTIC SUBSTRATES; FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATES; MECHANICAL BENDING; MODEL COMPOUNDS; POLYETHYLENE NAPHTHALATE; PRINTED ELECTRODES; RADII OF CURVATURES; SCREEN-PRINTED ELECTRODES; SENSING DEVICES; STRAIN RELEASE; THICK-FILM; WORKING ELECTRODES;

ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES;

EID: 60549105821     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2008.10.027     Document Type: Article

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