Piezoelectric fiber-composite-based cantilever sensor for electric-field-induced strain measurement in soft electroactive polymer

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2142-2153

  Chen, Qian ^a   Sun, Yingying ^a   Qin, Lifeng ^b   Wang, Qing Ming ^a  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANTILEVER STRAIN SENSORS; DIELECTRIC PERMITTIVITIES; ELECTRIC-FIELD-INDUCED STRAIN; ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMERS; ELECTRO-MECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION; PIEZOELECTRIC COEFFICIENT; PIEZOELECTRIC LEAD ZIRCONATE TITANATES;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; NANOCANTILEVERS; PERMITTIVITY; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS; SENSORS;

FIBERS;

EID: 84884781732     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2013.2805     Document Type: Article

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