Copper Nanowires as Conductive Ink for Low-Cost Draw-On Electronics

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 30, 2015, Pages 16760-16766

  Jason, Naveen Noah ^a   Shen, Wei ^a   Cheng, Wenlong ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MELBOURNE CENTRE FOR NANOFABRICATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

bending sensor; conductive ink; copper nanowires; draw on electronics; strain sensor

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; GRAPHENE; LATEXES; NANOWIRES;

BENDING SENSORS; CONDUCTIVE FILLERS; CONDUCTIVE INK; CONDUCTIVE PATTERNS; COPPER NANOWIRES; DEVICE FABRICATIONS; STRAIN SENSORS; VARIOUS SUBSTRATES;

COPPER;

EID: 84938674857     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b04522     Document Type: Article

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