A flexible multifunctional sensor based on carbon nanotube/polyurethane composite

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 4045-4048

  Slobodian, Petr ^a   Riha, Pavel ^a,b,c   Benlikaya, Ruhan ^a   Svoboda, Petr ^a   Petras, David ^a  

^a TOMAS BATA UNIVERSITY IN ZLIN   (Czech Republic)

^b BALIKESIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c INSTITUTE OF HYDRODYNAMICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; chemical vapor sensing; deformation sensing; polymer composite

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR; CONDUCTIVE CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCES; MULTIFUNCTIONAL SENSORS; ORGANIC SOLVENT VAPORS; POLYMER COMPOSITE; POLYURETHANE FILTERS; PRESSURE VARIATIONS;

CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DEFORMATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDING; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; POLYURETHANES; VAPORS;

SENSORS;

EID: 84884129394     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2013.2272098     Document Type: Article

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