Stretchable Silver Nanowire-Elastomer Composite Microelectrodes with Tailored Electrical Properties

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 24, 2015, Pages 13467-13475

  Martinez, Vincent ^a   Stauffer, Flurin ^a   Adagunodo, Mohammed O ^a   Forro, Csaba ^a   Vörös, Janos ^a   Larmagnac, Alexandre ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

grid; photolithography; silver nanowires; strain sensors; stretchable conductors; vias

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT; GAGES; MICROELECTRODES; NANOWIRES; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; SILICONES; SILVER;

GRID; SILVER NANOWIRES; STRAIN SENSORS; STRETCHABLE CONDUCTORS; VIAS;

ELECTRODES;

EID: 84932613570     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b02508     Document Type: Article

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