Impedance spectroscopy analysis of the tunnelling conduction mechanism in piezoresistive composites

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 47, Issue 34, 2014, Pages

  Stassi, Stefano ^a   Sacco, Adriano ^b   Canavese, Giancarlo ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

impedance spectroscopy; piezoresistive composite; polydimethylsiloxane; quantum tunnelling; spiky particles

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TUNNELING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE;

CONDUCTION MECHANISM; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PIEZO-RESISTIVE; PIEZORESISTANCE; PIEZORESISTIVE COMPOSITES; PIEZORESISTIVE PRESSURE SENSORS; QUANTUM TUNNELLING; ROBOTIC APPLICATIONS;

SILICONES;

EID: 84905903019     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/47/34/345306     Document Type: Article

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