Ultra-Sensitive Piezo-Resistive Sensors Constructed with Reduced Graphene Oxide/Polyolefin Elastomer (RGO/POE) Nanofiber Aerogels
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results and Discussions
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Zhong, W.; Jiang, H.; Yang, L.; Yadav, A.; Ding, X.; Chen, Y.; Li, M.; Sun, G.; Wang, D. Ultra-Sensitive Piezo-Resistive Sensors Constructed with Reduced Graphene Oxide/Polyolefin Elastomer (RGO/POE) Nanofiber Aerogels. Polymers 2019, 11, 1883. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym11111883
Zhong W, Jiang H, Yang L, Yadav A, Ding X, Chen Y, Li M, Sun G, Wang D. Ultra-Sensitive Piezo-Resistive Sensors Constructed with Reduced Graphene Oxide/Polyolefin Elastomer (RGO/POE) Nanofiber Aerogels. Polymers. 2019; 11(11):1883. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym11111883
Chicago/Turabian StyleZhong, Weibing, Haiqing Jiang, Liyan Yang, Ashish Yadav, Xincheng Ding, Yuanli Chen, Mufang Li, Gang Sun, and Dong Wang. 2019. "Ultra-Sensitive Piezo-Resistive Sensors Constructed with Reduced Graphene Oxide/Polyolefin Elastomer (RGO/POE) Nanofiber Aerogels" Polymers 11, no. 11: 1883. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym11111883