Lightweight, Superelastic, and Mechanically Flexible Graphene/Polyimide Nanocomposite Foam for Strain Sensor Application

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 8933-8941

  Qin, Yuyang ^a   Peng, Qingyu ^a   Ding, Yujie ^a   Lin, Zaishan ^a   Wang, Chunhui ^a   Li, Ying ^a   Xu, Fan ^a   Li, Jianjun ^a   Yuan, Ye ^a   He, Xiaodong ^a   Li, Yibin ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

graphene; mechanically flexible; polyimide; strain sensor; superelastic

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYIMIDES;

COMPRESSION SENSITIVITY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; MECHANICALLY FLEXIBLE; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES (RGO); STRAIN SENSOR APPLICATIONS; STRAIN SENSORS; SUPERELASTIC; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

FOAMS;

EID: 84942362189     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b02781     Document Type: Article

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