Strain sensing behaviour of elastomeric composite films containing carbon nanotubes under cyclic loading

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 74, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-5

  Zhang, Rui ^a   Deng, Hua ^b   Valenca, Renata ^a   Jin, Junhong ^a,b   Fu, Qiang ^b   Bilotti, Emiliano ^a   Peijs, Ton ^a,c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; A. Nanocomposites; A. Polymers; A. Smart materials; B. Electrical properties; C. Deformation

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC LOADINGS; DOUBLE PEAK; ELASTOMERIC COMPOSITE; ELASTOMERIC NANOCOMPOSITES; LOADING CYCLES; NANOTUBE DISPERSIONS; NETWORK DEFORMATION; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; POLYMER COMPOSITE; RECOVERABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITIES; RESISTIVITY RESPONSE; SOLUTION PROCESS; STRAIN AMPLITUDE; STRAIN SENSING; STRAIN-DEPENDENT; THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANES;

COMPOSITE FILMS; DEFORMATION; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; STRAIN;

CYCLIC LOADS;

EID: 84868138333     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2012.09.016     Document Type: Article

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