Piezoresistive polypropylene-carbon nanofiber composites as mechanical transducers

Microsystem Technologies

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 591-597

  Paleo, A J ^a   Van Hattum, F W J ^a   Rocha, J G ^a   Lanceros Mendez S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL EQUIVALENT; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCES; ELECTRICAL RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FOUR-POINT BENDING METHOD; GAUGE FACTORS; INDUSTRIAL POLYMERS; LOADING-UNLOADING CYCLES; MECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; NANOFIBER COMPOSITES; NON-LINEAR RESPONSE; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; PIEZO-RESISTIVE; PIEZORESISTIVE EFFECTS; REPRODUCIBILITIES; STRAIN SENSING; STRAIN SENSORS; TWIN SCREW EXTRUSION; WORKING PRINCIPLES;

CARBON NANOFIBERS; COMPOSITE FILMS; COMPRESSION MOLDING; DEFORMATION; EXTRUSION; LOADING; SENSORS; THERMOPLASTICS; UNLOADING;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 84861528487     PISSN: 09467076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00542-012-1471-7     Document Type: Article

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