Large piezoresistivity phenomenon in SiCN-(La,Sr) MnO3 composites

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Karmarkar, Makarand ^a   Singh, Gurpreet ^a   Shah, Sandeep ^b   Mahajan, Roop L ^a,c   Priya, Shashank ^a,c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

^c Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANTHANUM; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

APPLIED STRESS; DEFECT CHEMISTRIES; MICROSTRUCTURAL FEATURES; PIEZO RESISTANCES; PIEZORESISTIVITY; SELF-ASSEMBLED;

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 60749100450     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3078271     Document Type: Article

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