Dependence of the impact response of Polyvinylidene fluoride sensors on their supporting materials' elasticity

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 8669-8678

  Jia, Yunfang ^a   Chen, Xinjuan ^a   Ni, Qingshan ^a   Li, Longhua ^a   Ju, Cheng ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Impact response; Peak to peak voltage; Piezoelectric polymer; PVDF; Recovery time

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; RUBBER;

IMPACT RESPONSE; PEAK-TO-PEAK VOLTAGES; PIEZOELECTRIC POLYMERS; PVDF; RECOVERY TIME;

RECOVERY;

EID: 84880124825     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s130708669     Document Type: Article

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