Improved strain sensing property of functionalised multiwalled carbon nanotube/polyaniline composites in TPU matrix

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 233, Issue , 2015, Pages 98-107

  Sobha, A P ^b   Narayanankutty, Sunil K ^a  

^a Department of Physics   (India)

^b Vidya Academy of Science and Technology   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON FILMS; COATINGS; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; FILLERS; FILM PREPARATION; PERCOLATION (COMPUTER STORAGE); PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); POLYANILINE; POLYMER FILMS; SOLVENTS; YARN;

CONDUCTIVE THERMOPLASTICS; FUNCTIONALISED MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; INTERFACIAL INTERACTION; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; POLYANILINES (PANI); SOLUTION-CASTING METHOD; STRAIN SENSITIVITY; THEORETICAL EQUATION;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 84936805138     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2015.06.012     Document Type: Article

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