An all-polymer airflow sensor using a piezoresistive composite elastomer

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Aiyar, Avishek R ^a   Song, Chao ^b   Kim, Seong Hyok ^b   Allen, Mark G ^a,b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; AIR FLOW SENSORS; CONDUCTIVE COMPOSITES; CONDUCTIVE ELASTOMERS; DEVICE FABRICATIONS; FABRICATION SEQUENCE; FLEXIBLE CIRCUIT; FLOW SENSING; GAGE FACTORS; INTERCONNECT SCHEMES; LARGE AREA SENSORS; LOW YOUNG'S MODULUS; MICROMACHINED; MICROMACHINED FLOW SENSOR; MICROMACHINING TECHNIQUES; MINIMUM INTERFERENCE; OUT-OF-PLANE; PIEZO-RESISTIVE; PIEZORESISTIVE COMPOSITES; PIEZORESISTOR; PLANAR FABRICATION; POLYIMIDE FILM; POLYMERIC MATERIAL; PROCESS COMPLEXITY; PROCESSING STEPS; REDUCED COST; SENSING APPLICATIONS; WIND-TUNNEL TESTING;

CARBON BLACK; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; COST REDUCTION; FABRICATION; PLASTICS; POLYIMIDES; POLYMERS; RUBBER; SENSOR ARRAYS; WIND TUNNELS;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS;

EID: 70350700921     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/18/11/115002     Document Type: Article

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