Wearable Electronics of Silver-Nanowire/Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Nanocomposite for Smart Clothing

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Huang, Gui Wen ^a,b   Xiao, Hong Mei ^a   Fu, Shao Yun ^a  

^a TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

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EID: 84942626801     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep13971     Document Type: Article

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