Improved electrical resistance-pressure strain sensitivity of carbon nanotube network/polydimethylsiloxane composite using filtration and transfer process

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 326-330

  Lü, Qiang ^a,b,d   Cao, Hui ^a,b   Song, XiaoHui ^a   Yan, Han ^b,c   Gan, ZhiYing ^a,b   Liu, Sheng ^a,b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d WUHAN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Electrical resistance pressure strain sensitivity; Transfer process; Vacuum filtration

Indexed keywords

EID: 77749268345     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-009-0562-z     Document Type: Article

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