Self-sensing, ultralight, and conductive 3D graphene/iron oxide aerogel elastomer Deformable in a Magnetic Field

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 3969-3977

  Xu, Xiang ^a,b   Li, Hui ^a,b   Zhang, Qiangqiang ^a,b   Hu, Han ^c   Zhao, Zongbin ^c   Li, Jihao ^d   Li, Jingye ^d   Qiao, Yu ^e   Gogotsi, Yury ^c,f  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^f Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

graphene aerogel; iron oxide; magnetic field induced strain; strain dependent electrical resistance

Indexed keywords

AEROGELS; ELASTOMERS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS; GRAPHENE; IRON OXIDES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETISM; NANOPARTICLES; SELF ASSEMBLY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCES; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; GRAPHENE AEROGELS; HYDROTHERMAL REDUCTION; MAGNETIC FIELD-INDUCED STRAIN; RESPONSE PROPERTIES; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

MAGNETIC ACTUATORS;

EID: 84928963445     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn507426u     Document Type: Article

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