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Sensors and actuators based on carbon nanotubes and their composites: A review
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In this paper, a review of the recent advances in nanotubes and nanotube-based composite sensors and actuators, with a particular emphasis on their electromechanical behavior is presented.About:
This article is published in Composites Science and Technology.The article was published on 2008-05-01. It has received 901 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Carbon nanotube actuators & Nanotube.read more
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Inkjet printed PEDOT:PSS/MWCNT nano‐composites with aligned carbon nanotubes and enhanced conductivity
TL;DR: In this paper, the impact of the nanotube alignment on the conduction properties of inkjet printed nano-hybrid materials is studied and shown in this Letter, with a 53% enhanced conductivity in comparison with the randomly oriented nanotubes.
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Small-Scale Biological and Artificial Multidimensional Sensors for 3D Sensing.
TL;DR: Various 3D sensors are compared to assess the advantages and limitations of their geometry and its impact on sensing mechanisms, and 3D biosensors in nature are explored to provide vital clues for the development of novel3D sensors.
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1 – Overview of crack self-healing
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reviewed the existing self-healing systems and then provided an outlook for future development in this emerging area of study and concluded that smart materials are and will continue to be the focal material for selfhealing applications.
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Fabrication and Characterization of an Ionic Polymer-Metal Composite Bending Sensor
TL;DR: In this paper, a bending sensor was fabricated with ionic polymer-metal composite (IPMC) and its characteristics as a sensor was studied, and the relationship between the sensor signal and the deformation of the sensor was examined.
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Manufacturing and physico-mechanical characterization of carbon nanohorns/polyacrylonitrile nanocomposites
TL;DR: In this paper, the use of carbon nanohorns (SWCNHs) as a modifying filler in a polyacrylonitrile (PAN) matrix is studied with the goal of elaborating nanocomposites.
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Introduction to percolation theory
Dietrich Stauffer,Amnon Aharony +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a scaling solution for the Bethe lattice is proposed for cluster numbers and a scaling assumption for cluster number scaling assumptions for cluster radius and fractal dimension is proposed.
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Carbon Nanotubes--the Route Toward Applications
TL;DR: Many potential applications have been proposed for carbon nanotubes, including conductive and high-strength composites; energy storage and energy conversion devices; sensors; field emission displays and radiation sources; hydrogen storage media; and nanometer-sized semiconductor devices, probes, and interconnects.
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Introduction to percolation theory
Dietrich Stauffer,Amnon Aharony +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a scaling solution for the Bethe lattice is proposed for cluster numbers and a scaling assumption for cluster number scaling assumptions for cluster radius and fractal dimension is proposed.
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Advances in the science and technology of carbon nanotubes and their composites: a review
TL;DR: A review of recent advances in carbon nanotubes and their composites can be found in this article, where the authors examine the research work reported in the literature on the structure and processing of carbon Nanotubes.
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A Carbon Nanotube Field-Emission Electron Source
TL;DR: In this paper, a high-intensity electron gun based on field emission from a film of aligned carbon nanotubes has been made, which consists of a nanotube film with a 1-millimeter-diameter grid about 20 micrometers above it.