A graphene-based resistive pressure sensor with record-high sensitivity in a wide pressure range

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Tian, He ^a   Shu, Yi ^a   Wang, Xue Feng ^a   Mohammad, Mohammad Ali ^a   Bie, Zhi ^a   Xie, Qian Yi ^a   Li, Cheng ^a   Mi, Wen Tian ^a   Yang, Yi ^a   Ren, Tian Ling ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GRAPHITE;

CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HUMAN; PRESSURE; TRANSDUCER;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GRAPHITE; HUMANS; PRESSURE; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 84923810480     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep08603     Document Type: Article

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