Highly Sensitive and Multifunctional Tactile Sensor Using Free-standing ZnO/PVDF Thin Film with Graphene Electrodes for Pressure and Temperature Monitoring

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Lee, James S ^a   Shin, Keun Young ^a   Cheong, Oug Jae ^a   Kim, Jae Hyun ^b   Jang, Jyongsik ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b SAMSUNG Electronics   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHITE; NANOMATERIAL; POLYVINYL DERIVATIVE; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE; ZINC OXIDE;

CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HUMAN; PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; ELECTRODES; GRAPHITE; HUMANS; NANOSTRUCTURES; POLYVINYLS; PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84944118008     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep07887     Document Type: Article

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