Evaluation of different conductive nanostructured particles as filler in smart piezoresistive composites

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Stassi, Stefano ^a,b   Canavese, Giancarlo ^a   Cauda, Valentina ^a   Marasso, Simone L ^b   Pirri, Candido Fabrizio ^a,b  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Copper; Gold; Nickel; Piezoresistivity; Polymer metal composite; Quantum tunneling; Shape controlled synthesis; Spiky nanostructured particles

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; COPPER; ELECTRIC FIELDS; GLASS CERAMICS; GOLD; MORPHOLOGY; NICKEL; SILICONES;

NANOSTRUCTURED PARTICLES; PIEZORESISTIVITY; POLYMER-METAL COMPOSITE; QUANTUM TUNNELING; SHAPE CONTROLLED SYNTHESIS;

FILLERS;

EID: 84864003564     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-327     Document Type: Article

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