Vertically aligned multiwalled carbon nanotubes for pressure, tactile and vibration sensing

Nanotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Yilmazoglu, O ^a   Popp, A ^a   Pavlidis, D ^a   Schneider, J ^a   Garth, D ^b   Schuttler F ^b   Battenberg, G ^b  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Battenberg ROBOTIC GmbH and Co KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON LAYERS; ELECTROMECHANICAL PROPERTY; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; LITHOGRAPHIC PROCESSING; MECHANICAL STRESS; MICRO-FABRICATION TECHNIQUES; MICRO-NANO; MULTI-WALLED CNT; PIEZORESISTIVE SENSORS; POROUS ALUMINA; PROCESSING STEPS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SIMPLE METHOD; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TACTILE AND VIBRATION; TACTILE SENSING; TEMPLATE APPROACH; VERTICALLY ALIGNED;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

CARBON NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONDUCTOMETRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; TOUCH; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIBRATION;

CONDUCTOMETRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; TOUCH; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE; VIBRATION;

EID: 84856908701     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/8/085501     Document Type: Article

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