Effects of electrode degradation and solvent evaporation on the performance of ionic-polymer-metal composite sensors

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Park, Kiwon ^a   Yoon, Myung Keun ^a   Lee, Sangbok ^b   Choi, Jinho ^c   Thubrikar, Mano ^a  

^a United States   (United States)

^b Korea Institute of Machine and Materials   (South Korea)

^c Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; BENDING ANGLE; CYCLIC BENDING; ELECTRODE DEGRADATION; ELECTRODE RESISTANCE; ELECTRODE SURFACES; GOOD CORRELATIONS; IN-VIVO; IONIC POLYMER; IONIC-POLYMER-METAL COMPOSITES; METALLIC ELECTRODES; MICROSCOPIC IMAGE; MOUNTED SENSORS; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT; SENSOR VOLTAGES; SOLVENT EVAPORATION;

DEGRADATION; ELECTRODES; EVAPORATION; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; POLYMER MEMBRANE ELECTRODES; POLYMERS; SOLVENTS;

SENSORS;

EID: 77953740332     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/19/7/075002     Document Type: Article

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