Dual functional transparent film for proximity and pressure sensing

Nano Research

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1488-1496

  Zhang, Bo ^a   Xiang, Zemin ^a   Zhu, Siwei ^a   Hu, Qiyi ^a   Cao, Yuanzhi ^a   Zhong, Junwen ^a   Zhong, Qize ^a   Wang, Bo ^a,b   Fang, Yunsheng ^a   Hu, Bin ^a   Zhou, Jun ^a   Wang, Zhonglin ^c  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b LUOYANG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

mutual capacitance; pressure sensor; proximity sensor; silver nanowire; transparent film

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937109573     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-014-0510-3     Document Type: Article

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