Design and operation of silver nanowire based flexible and stretchable touch sensors

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 79-85

  Cui, Zheng ^a   Poblete, Felipe R ^a   Cheng, Guangming ^a   Yao, Shanshan ^a   Jiang, Xiaoning ^a   Zhu, Yong ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Nanostructure; Sensor; Simulation

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); CONTACT SENSORS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOWIRES; SENSORS; SILICONES; SILVER; TOUCH SCREENS;

DESIGN AND OPERATIONS; ROBUST PERFORMANCE; SENSOR PERFORMANCE; SILVER NANOWIRES; SIMULATION; SIMULATION-BASED DESIGNS; TOUCH SENSITIVITY; WEARABLE DEVICES;

LOADING;

EID: 84921434047     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2014.347     Document Type: Article

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