Bendable piezoresistive sensors by screen printing MWCNT/PDMS composites on flexible substrates

Conference Proceedings - 10th Conference on Ph. D. Research in Microelectronics and Electronics, PRIME 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages

  Khan, Saleem ^a,b   Lorenzelli, L ^b   Dahiya, R S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Composites; Flexible sensors; MWNT; PDMS; Piezoresistance; Screen printing; Tactile sensing

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; MICROCHANNELS; MICROELECTRONICS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; PLASTIC BOTTLES; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; SCREEN PRINTING; SENSOR ARRAYS; SUBSTRATES;

FLEXIBLE SENSOR; MWNT; PIEZO-RESISTIVE SENSORS; PIEZORESISTANCE; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES (PET); POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; TACTILE SENSING;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 84929376791     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/prime.2014.6872702     Document Type: Conference Paper

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