Strain sensing, electrical and mechanical properties of polycarbonate/multiwall carbon nanotube monofilament fibers fabricated by melt spinning

Polymer

Volumn 82, Issue , 2016, Pages 181-189

  Bautista Quijano, José Roberto ^a,b   Pötschke, Petra ^a   Brünig, Harald ^a   Heinrich, Gert ^a,b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Melt spinning; Piezoresistivity; Polymer fibers; Strain sensing

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; FIBERS; MELT SPINNING; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); POLYCARBONATES; SOLVENTS; STRAIN; STRAIN GAGES; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING; YARN; YIELD STRESS;

CONDUCTIVE FIBERS; ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRICAL PERCOLATION THRESHOLD; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE CHANGE; MONOFILAMENT FIBER; PIEZORESISTIVITY; POLYMER FIBER; STRAIN SENSING;

SPINNING (FIBERS);

EID: 84949650009     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2015.11.030     Document Type: Article

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