Strain-driven and ultrasensitive resistive sensor/switch based on conductive alginate/nitrogen-doped carbon-nanotube-supported Ag hybrid aerogels with pyramid design

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 22823-22829

  Zhao, Songfang ^a,b   Zhang, Guoping ^a,c   Gao, Yongju ^a   Deng, Libo ^a   Li, Jinhui ^a,b   Sun, Rong ^a   Wong, Ching Ping ^c,d  

^a SHENZHEN INSTITUTES OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

conductive hybrid aerogel; contact resistance; flexible; pyramid design; strain driven

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; CONTACT RESISTANCE; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRODES; FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS; MICROCHANNELS; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE; PRODUCT DESIGN; SILICONES; SOLVENTS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

FLEXIBLE; FLEXIBLE PRESSURE SENSORS; HYBRID AEROGELS; LARGE STRAIN DEFORMATION; LOW COST FABRICATION; NITROGEN DOPED CARBON NANOTUBES; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; RESISTANCE MECHANISMS;

AEROGELS;

EID: 84919904244     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am5069936     Document Type: Article

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