Graphene-Elastomer Composites with Segregated Nanostructured Network for Liquid and Strain Sensing Application

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 36, 2016, Pages 24143-24151

  Lin, Yong ^a   Dong, Xuchu ^a   Liu, Shuqi ^a   Chen, Song ^a   Wei, Yong ^a   Liu, Lan ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

composites; elastomer; graphene; liquid sensing; segregated network; strain sensing

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DISPERSIONS; ELASTOMERS; LIQUIDS; PERCOLATION (COMPUTER STORAGE); PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); PLASTICS; RUBBER; SOLVENTS;

ELECTRICAL PERCOLATION THRESHOLD; HOMOGENEOUS DISPERSIONS; LIQUID SENSING; NANOSTRUCTURED NETWORKS; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; SEGREGATED NETWORK; SEGREGATED STRUCTURES; STRAIN SENSING;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84987703712     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b08587     Document Type: Article

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