Smart piezoresistive tunnelling composite for flexible robotic sensing skin

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Stassi, S ^a,b   Canavese, G ^b   Cosiansi, F ^a   Gazia, R ^b   Fallauto, C ^a   Corbellini, S ^a   Pirola, M ^a   Cocuzza, M ^b,c  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS;

ELECTRICAL RESISTANCES; FABRICATION TECHNIQUE; FLEXIBLE ROBOTICS; FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES; MATERIAL COMPOSITIONS; METAL-ELASTOMER COMPOSITES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PIEZORESISTIVE EFFECTS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 84901416223     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/22/12/125039     Document Type: Article

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