Highly Stretchable and Ultrasensitive Strain Sensor Based on Reduced Graphene Oxide Microtubes-Elastomer Composite

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 49, 2015, Pages 27432-27439

  Tang, Yongchao ^a   Zhao, Zongbin ^a   Hu, Han ^a   Liu, Yang ^a   Wang, Xuzhen ^a   Zhou, Shanke ^a   Qiu, Jieshan ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

elastomer; reduced graphene oxide microtubes; sensitivity; strain sensor; stretchability

Indexed keywords

ELASTOMERS; PLASTIC COATINGS; PLASTICS;

BIOMECHANICAL SYSTEMS; ELASTOMER COMPOSITES; LONG TERM DURABILITY; MICRO-TUBES; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; SENSITIVITY; STRAIN SENSORS; STRETCHABILITY;

GRAPHENE;

GRAPHITE;

CHEMISTRY; MICROTUBULE;

GRAPHITE; MICROTUBULES;

EID: 84950138864     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b09314     Document Type: Article

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