A review for conductive polymer piezoresistive composites and a development of a compliant pressure transducer

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 495-502

  Wang, Luheng ^a   Li, Yanling ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Conductive polymer composite; Flexible piezoresistive transducer; Piezoresistivity; Pressure measurement; Silicone rubber

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE FABRICATION; CONDUCTIVE POLYMER; CONDUCTIVE POLYMER COMPOSITES; DATA CONVERSION; DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; ELECTRONIC SKIN; FULL SCALE; INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT; INTERLAMINAR; KEY TECHNOLOGIES; MEASUREMENT RANGE; MEASURING ERRORS; PIEZO-RESISTIVE; PIEZORESISTIVE COMPOSITES; PIEZORESISTIVE TRANSDUCERS; PIEZORESISTIVITY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SENSING SYSTEMS; SENSOR PROBES; SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; SILICONE RUBBER; TUNNELING EFFECTS;

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; CARBON NANOTUBES; DATA HANDLING; ELASTOMERS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SENSORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SILICONES;

TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 84872090607     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2012.2215160     Document Type: Article

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