Skin-like pressure and strain sensors based on transparent elastic films of carbon nanotubes

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 788-792

  Lipomi, Darren J ^a   Vosgueritchian, Michael ^a   Tee, Benjamin C K ^a   Hellstrom, Sondra L ^b   Lee, Jennifer A ^a   Fox, Courtney H ^a   Bao, Zhenan ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFEEDBACK; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CARBON FILMS; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; NANOTUBES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; STRAIN; THIN FILMS; YARN;

ELASTIC FILMS; HUMAN INTERACTIONS; IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES; MECHANICALLY ROBUST; NANOTUBE FILMS; ROBOTIC SYSTEMS; SPRAY-DEPOSITED; STRAIN SENSORS;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

NANOFILM; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRODE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR;

EID: 83555165175     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2011.184     Document Type: Article

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