Solid-state dye sensitized optoelectronic carbon nanotube-wires: An energy harvesting damage sensor with nanotechnology approach

ASME 2012 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, SMASIS 2012

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 879-884

  Uddin, Mohammed Jasim ^a   Dickens, Tarik J ^a   Yan, Jin ^a   Olawale, David O ^a   Okoli, Okenwa I ^a   Cesano, Federico ^b  

^a FAMU FSU COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HOMOGENEOUS THIN FILM; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; PREPARATION TECHNIQUE; REINFORCED COMPOSITES; SIMULATED SOLAR LIGHT; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING (SHM);

CARBON NANOTUBES; CHARACTERIZATION; DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FLEXIBLE DISPLAYS; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WOOL;

YARN;

EID: 84892635395     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/SMASIS2012-8200     Document Type: Conference Paper

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