Integration of f-MWCNT sensor and printed circuits on paper substrate

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3948-3956

  Xie, Li ^a   Feng, Yi ^a   Mantysalo, Matti ^b   Chen, Qiang ^a   Zheng, Li Rong ^a,c  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

f MWCNTs based humidity sensor; Heterogeneous system; inkjet printing; paper electronics; smart packages

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL PERFORMANCE; FUNCTIONALIZED MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE PROCESS; PAPER ELECTRONICS; PAPER-BASED SYSTEM; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SYSTEM INTEGRATION;

HUMIDITY SENSORS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); PRINTING; SILVER;

SUBSTRATES;

ELECTRONICS; HUMIDITY; PACKAGES; PAPER; PRINTING; SENSORS; SUBSTRATES;

EID: 84883819807     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2013.2260534     Document Type: Article

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