The electrical response of carbon nanotube-based thin film sensors subjected to mechanical and environmental effects

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Loyola, Bryan R ^a   Zhao, Yingjun ^a   Loh, Kenneth J ^a   La Saponara, Valeria ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE MODES; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL; ELECTRICAL RESPONSE; FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITES; FREQUENCY-DOMAIN METHODS; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER; LAYER BY LAYER DEPOSITION; METAL ALLOYS; MULTI-WALLED; QUASI-STATIC; STRUCTURAL MONITORING; THIN FILM SENSORS;

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; LOADING; THIN FILMS;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

EID: 84873329445     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/22/2/025010     Document Type: Article

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