A tactile sensing array with tunable sensing ranges using liquid crystal and carbon nanotubes composites

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 553-556

  Lai, Yu Tse ^a   Kuo, Wen Cheng ^b   Yang, Yao Joe ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRAY SCANNING; CARBON NANOTUBES COMPOSITES; DYNAMIC RANGE; ELASTOMERIC STRUCTURE; EXTERNAL FIELDS; GLASS SUBSTRATES; MEASUREMENT RANGE; PET FILMS; PRESSURE SENSING; SENSING ELEMENTS; SENSING MATERIAL; SENSING RANGES; SENSOR READOUT; TACTILE SENSING ARRAYS;

CARBON NANOTUBES; ITO GLASS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANICS; MEMS; REACTIVE ION ETCHING; SUBSTRATES;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 79953777048     PISSN: 10846999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MEMSYS.2011.5734484     Document Type: Conference Paper

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