Flexible tactile sensors using screen-printed P(VDF-TrFE) and MWCNT/PDMS composites

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 3146-3155

  Khan, Saleem ^a,b   Tinku, Sajina ^a,b   Lorenzelli, Leandro ^a,b   Dahiya, Ravinder S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flexible Electronics; Piezoelectric Sensors; Piezoresistive Sensors; Screen Printing; Tactile Sensors

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; DISSIMILAR MATERIALS; ELECTRIC SENSING DEVICES; FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS; MATERIALS HANDLING; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PLATE METAL; PRESSURE SENSORS; SCREEN PRINTING; SENSOR ARRAYS; SILVER; YARN;

FLEXIBLE PRESSURE SENSORS; FLEXIBLE TACTILE SENSORS; PIEZO-RESISTIVE SENSORS; PIEZOELECTRIC POLYMERS; PIEZOELECTRIC SENSORS; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDES; SCREEN PRINTING TECHNOLOGY; TACTILE SENSORS;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 84928105971     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2014.2368989     Document Type: Article

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