Electrical Properties of Graphite Nanoparticles in Silicone Flexible Oscillators and Electromechanical Sensing /

• Main Author: Littlejohn, Samuel David (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Physics.; Nanoscale science.; Nanoscience.; Nanostructures.; Surfaces (Physics).; Interfaces (Physical sciences).; Thin films.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Nanotechnology.; Materials > Surfaces.; Nanoscale Science and Technology.; Optical and Electronic Materials.; Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films.; Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films.

This thesis examines a novel class of flexible electronic material with great potential for use in the construction of stretchable amplifiers and memory elements.  Most remarkably the composite material produces spontaneous oscillations that increase in frequency when pressure is applied to it. In t...