Piezo-impedance response of carbon nanotube/polydimethylsiloxane nanocomposites

Dae Young Jeon, Heeju Kim, Min Wook Lee, So Jeong Park, Gyu Tae Kim

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Abstract

Advanced physical sensors based on carbon nanotube/polydimethylsiloxane (CNT/PDMS) nanocomposites have recently attracted much attention for potential applications such as wearable and flexible electronic devices. In this work, a CNT/PDMS sponge was fabricated and their capacitive as well as resistive response was investigated by impedance characterization with an equivalent circuit model. The newly defined gauge factor, which considers simultaneously both the piezocapacitive and piezoresistive effects of CNT/PDMS sponge sensors, showed a significantly improved sensitivity. This work provides important information for a better understanding of CNT/PDMS nanocomposites and their sensing performance.

Original languageEnglish
Article number041118
JournalAPL Materials
Volume7
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019 Apr 1

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) Institutional Program, the National Research Foundation of Korea (Nos. NRF-2017M3A7B4049167 and NRF-2016R1A6A3A11933511), and the Korea University Grant.

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© 2019 Author(s).

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Materials Science(all)
  • Engineering(all)

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