Deformable carbon nanotube-contact pads for inertial microswitch to extend contact time

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 4914-4920

  Lee, Jae Ik ^a   Song, Youngsup ^a   Jung, Hakkyun ^a   Choi, Jungwook ^a   Eun, Youngkee ^a   Kim, Jongbaeg ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube (CNT); deformable contact pad; extended contact time; inertial microswitch

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS; CONTACT MATERIAL; CONTACT PADS; CONTACT TIME; DEFORMABLE CONTACTS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM; IN-VEHICLE; MECHANICAL FLEXIBILITY; MICROSWITCHES; RESTRAINT SYSTEMS; SELF-ASSEMBLED; SINGLE CRYSTAL SILICON; THRESHOLD ACCELERATION;

COMMERCIAL VEHICLES; DEFORMATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HEALTH CARE; SILICON WAFERS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 84860470864     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2011.2163918     Document Type: Article

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