Improvement of electro-mechanical properties of strain sensors made of elastic-conductive hybrid yarns

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 1937-1947

  Guo, Li ^a,b   Berglin, Lena ^a   Mattila, Heikki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

conductive; elasticity; electro mechanical; hybrid yarn; knitted strain sensor; smart textiles

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; ELASTICITY; KNIT FABRICS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SMART TEXTILES; TENSILE STRESS; WINDING; WOOL; YARN;

CONDUCTIVE; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRO-MECHANICAL; ELECTROMECHANICAL PROPERTY; ELONGATION AT BREAK; HYBRID YARNS; KNITTED STRAIN SENSORS; SENSOR CHARACTERIZATIONS;

STRAIN;

EID: 84868031818     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0040517512452931     Document Type: Article

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