Piezoresistive natural rubber-multiwall carbon nanotube nanocomposite for sensor applications

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 239, Issue , 2016, Pages 102-113

  Selvan, N Tamil ^a,b,c   Eshwaran, S B ^a,c   Das, A ^a,d   Stockelhuber K W ^a   Wiessner S ^a,c   Potschke P ^a   Nando, G B ^b   Chervanyov, A I ^e   Heinrich, G ^a,c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Sensor rubber filler strain nano composite conductivity

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; DEFORMATION; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); RUBBER; RUBBER APPLICATIONS; SOLVENTS; STRAIN; YARN;

CARBON NANOTUBE NANOCOMPOSITES; CONDUCTIVE ELASTOMERS; CROSS-LINKING DEGREE; NON-LINEAR ELECTRICAL RESPONSE; PERCOLATION THEORY; RUBBER FILLERS; SENSOR APPLICATIONS; SIMPLE MODIFICATIONS;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 84955467512     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2016.01.004     Document Type: Article

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