Evaporation-based method for fabricating conductive MWCNT/PEO composite film and its application as strain sensor

Proceedings of the 12th U.S.-Japan Conference on Composite Materials

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 78-86

  Park, M ^a   Kim, H ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE CHANGE; ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; POLYMER MIXTURE; PROCESSING METHOD; STRAIN SENSING; STRAIN SENSORS; WELL-DISPERSED;

COAGULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MICROSTRUCTURE; PERCOLATION (COMPUTER STORAGE); PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; SENSORS;

COMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 84867850309     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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