A Simple, Low-Cost Conductive Composite Material for 3D Printing of Electronic Sensors

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Leigh, Simon J ^a   Bradley, Robert J ^b   Purssell, Christopher P ^a   Billson, Duncan R ^a   Hutchins, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b GKN Aerospace   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE;

3D PRINTING TECHNOLOGY; ARTICLE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRONIC SENSOR; ELECTRONICS; GENERAL DEVICE; TECHNOLOGY;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONICS; PLASTICS; PRINTING;

EID: 84869744131     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049365     Document Type: Article

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