Ultra-stretchable and skin-mountable strain sensors using carbon nanotubes-Ecoflex nanocomposites

Nanotechnology

Volumn 26, Issue 37, 2015, Pages

  Amjadi, Morteza ^a   Yoon, Yong Jin ^b   Park, Inkyu ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

carbon nanotube; human motion detection; nanocomposite; stretchable sensor; wearable sensor

Indexed keywords

CARBON FILMS; CARBON NANOTUBES; ELASTOMERS; MOTION ANALYSIS; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); RUBBER; RUBBER FILMS; SILICONES; SOLVENTS; STRAIN; STRAIN RATE; THIN FILMS; YARN;

ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS; HUMAN MOTION DETECTION; HYSTERESIS PERFORMANCE; MECHANICAL COMPLIANCE; NANOCOMPOSITE THIN FILMS; PERCOLATION NETWORKS; SILICONE RUBBER NANOCOMPOSITES; STRAIN DEPENDENCIES;

WEARABLE SENSORS;

CARBON NANOTUBE; ECOFLEX; NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYESTER;

CHEMISTRY; CLOTHING; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; HUMAN; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING;

CLOTHING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; POLYESTERS; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 84940524698     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/26/37/375501     Document Type: Article

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