Effect of CNT alignment on the strain sensing capability of carbon nanotube composites

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Parmar, Kaushik ^a   Mahmoodi, Mehdi ^a   Park, Chaneel ^a   Park, Simon S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON-NANOTUBE COMPOSITES; COMPRESSION-MOLDING TECHNIQUE; EFFECT OF CARBONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; LINEAR CORRELATION; MOLDING TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY FACTORS; STRAIN SENSITIVITY;

ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; GAGES; INJECTION MOLDING; TENSILE TESTING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UNLOADING;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 84879906300     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/22/7/075006     Document Type: Article

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