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Small. 2016 Jun;12(21):2832-8. doi: 10.1002/smll.201600858. Epub 2016 Apr 09.

Eliminating Piezoresistivity in Flexible Conducting Polymers for Accurate Temperature Sensing under Dynamic Mechanical Deformations.

Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)

Melda Sezen, Jeffrey T Register, Yao Yao, Branko Glisic, Yueh-Lin Loo

Affiliations

  1. Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08544, USA.
  2. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08544, USA.

PMID: 27061270 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201600858

Abstract

The polarity and the magnitude of polyaniline's gauge factor are tuned through structural modification. Combining conducting polymers with gauge factors of opposite polarities yields an accurate temperature sensor, even when deployed under dynamic strains.

© 2016 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.

Keywords: conducting polymers; flexible electronics; piezoresistivity; polyaniline; temperature sensors

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