Fabrication of patterned carbon nanotube (CNT) / elastomer bilayer material and its utilization as force sensors

TRANSDUCERS 2009 - 15th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 2242-2245

  Xu, Wenjun ^a   Allen, Mark G ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Electrophoretic deposition; Flexible strain sensor; Micropatterning; Transverse force sensor

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPHORETIC DEPOSITIONS; MICRO PATTERNING; STRAIN SENSORS; TRANSVERSE FORCE SENSOR; TRANSVERSE-FORCE SENSORS;

ACTUATORS; CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTROPHORESIS; FABRICATION; MICROSYSTEMS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; SILICONES;

SOLID-STATE SENSORS;

EID: 71449111463     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SENSOR.2009.5285594     Document Type: Conference Paper

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