Elastomeric capacitive sensors

2011 16th International Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Conference, TRANSDUCERS'11

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 2770-2773

  Lacour, S P ^a   Cotton, D P J ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

capacitive sensors; Silicone rubber; stretchable sensors; thin gold film

Indexed keywords

CAPACITIVE SENSOR; DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY; ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; EQUIVALENT ELASTIC MODULUS; HIGH YIELD; INORGANIC MATERIALS; MECHANICAL SENSORS; MOVING STRUCTURES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; SILICONE RUBBER; STRETCHABLE SENSORS; THIN GOLD FILM; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE; TOUCH SENSORS;

ACTUATORS; ELASTICITY; ELASTOMERS; GOLD COMPOUNDS; MICROSYSTEMS; RUBBER; SILICONES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

SOLID-STATE SENSORS;

EID: 80052114261     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/TRANSDUCERS.2011.5969882     Document Type: Conference Paper

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