Strain and pressure sensing using single-walled carbon nanotubes

Nanotechnology

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1493-1496

  Li, Chun Yu ^a   Chou, Tsu Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTROMAGNETISM; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SENSORS; STRAIN;

AXIAL STRAIN; NANOSCALE; PRESSURE SENSING; RESONANT FREQUENCY;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 9744281905     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/15/11/021     Document Type: Article

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