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Carbon Nanotube Film Sensors
Author(s) -
Li Z.,
Dharap P.,
Nagarajaiah S.,
Barrera E. V.,
Kim J. D.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200306310
Subject(s) - materials science , carbon nanotube , carbon nanotube actuators , nanoscopic scale , nanotechnology , carbon fibers , nanotube , composite material , carbon nanobud , carbon nanotube quantum dot , deformation (meteorology) , mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes , optical properties of carbon nanotubes , composite number
A carbon nanotube film (see Figure) can be used as a strain sensor at the macroscale, due to the dependence of the electrical properties of single‐walled carbon nanotubes on mechanical deformation at the nanoscale.