Quantum tunnelling composites: Characterisation and modelling to promote their applications as sensors

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 164, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 46-57

  Lantada, Andrés Díaz ^a   Lafont, Pilar ^a   Sanz, José Luis Muñoz ^a   Munoz Guijosa, Juan Manuel ^a   Otero, Javier Echavarri ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Active or "intelligent" materials; Behaviour model; Conductive polymers; Metal polymer composites; Pressure sensors; Quantum tunnelling composites

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE OR ''INTELLIGENT'' MATERIALS; BEHAVIOUR MODELS; CONDUCTIVE POLYMERS; METAL-POLYMER COMPOSITES; QUANTUM TUNNELLING;

CONDUCTIVE PLASTICS; ELASTICITY; ELECTRON TUNNELING; FILLED POLYMERS; MATERIALS; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; METALS; PRESSURE SENSORS; THERMAL EXPANSION; VISCOSITY;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 78249284629     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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