A novel ionic-liquid strain sensor for large-strain applications

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 337-339

  Zhu, Yun ^a,b   Chao, Chen ^a   Cheng, Ching Hsing ^a   Leung, Wallace Woon Fong ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b TIANJIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS); Liquid strain sensor; Room temperature ionic liquid (IL); True strain

Indexed keywords

ELECTRO-CHEMICAL IMPEDANCES; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY (EIS); ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY; GAUGE STRUCTURES; LARGE STRAINS; LOW COSTS; PIEZO-RESISTIVE; REAL PARTS; RESISTANCE CHANGES; ROOM TEMPERATURES; ROOM-TEMPERATURE IONIC LIQUID (IL); STRAIN RESPONSE; TRUE STRAIN;

CARBON FIBERS; CURVE FITTING; ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; GAGES; IONIC LIQUIDS; IONS; METAL ANALYSIS; SENSORS; SILICONES;

IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS;

EID: 67349113159     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2009.2013884     Document Type: Article

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