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Temperature dependence of non-linear electrical conduction behavior in a screen-printed multi-component nanocomposite (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Webb, A., Bloor, D., Szablewski, M., & Atkinson, D. (2013). Temperature dependence of non-linear electrical conduction behavior in a screen-printed multi-component nanocomposite. In Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO), 2013 13th IEEE conference on (1115-1118). https://doi.org/10.1109/nano.2013.6720833

Nanocomposite materials are of growing applications importance in many areas, particularly touch sensitive surfaces. Here, current-voltage measurements were performed over a range of temperatures and static compressive loadings on a new variant of a... Read More about Temperature dependence of non-linear electrical conduction behavior in a screen-printed multi-component nanocomposite.

A novel screen-printed multi-component nanocomposite ink with a pressure sensitive electrical resistance functionality (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Webb, A., Dempsey, S., Bloor, D., Graham, A., Laughlin, P., Lussey, D., …Atkinson, D. (2013). A novel screen-printed multi-component nanocomposite ink with a pressure sensitive electrical resistance functionality. In Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO), 2013 13th IEEE conference on (671-674). https://doi.org/10.1109/nano.2013.6720832

Here, a novel functional ink is described that is composed of multiple nanoscale components and exhibits pronounced touch pressure sensitive electrical properties ideal for applications in switching, sensing and touch sensitive surfaces. The ink can... Read More about A novel screen-printed multi-component nanocomposite ink with a pressure sensitive electrical resistance functionality.

Vapor sensing properties of a conductive polymer composite containing Nickel particles with nano-scale surface features (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dempsey, S., Webb, A., Graham, A., Bloor, D., Atkinson, D., & Szablewski, M. (2013). Vapor sensing properties of a conductive polymer composite containing Nickel particles with nano-scale surface features. In Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO), 2013 13th IEEE conference on (665-670). https://doi.org/10.1109/nano.2013.6720830

This paper presents an unusual conductive polymer composite, produced by Peratech Ltd under the trademark QTC™, which has many vapor sensing applications. Nickel particles are intimately coated by an elastomeric binder such that no percolative conduc... Read More about Vapor sensing properties of a conductive polymer composite containing Nickel particles with nano-scale surface features.