PMID- 30120353
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20191120
IS  - 2045-2322 (Electronic)
IS  - 2045-2322 (Linking)
VI  - 8
IP  - 1
DP  - 2018 Aug 17
TI  - Carbon fiber doped thermosetting elastomer for flexible sensors: physical 
      properties and microfabrication.
PG  - 12313
LID - 10.1038/s41598-018-30846-3 [doi]
LID - 12313
AB  - We have developed conductive microstructures using micropatternable and 
      conductive hybrid nanocomposite polymer. In this method carbon fibers (CFs) were 
      blended into polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). Electrical conductivities of different 
      compositions were investigated with various fiber lengths (50-250 mum), and weight 
      percentages (wt%) (10-60 wt%). Sample composites of 2 cm x 1 cm x 500 mum were 
      fabricated for 4-point probe conductivity measurements. The measured percolation 
      thresholds varied with length of the fibers: 50 wt% (307.7 S/m) for 50 microm, 40 wt% 
      (851.1 S/m) for 150 microm, and 30 wt% (769.23 S/m) for 250 mum fibers. The conductive 
      composites showed higher elastic modulus when compared to that of PDMS.
FAU - Khosla, Ajit
AU  - Khosla A
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2803-8532
AD  - Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering, Graduate School of Science and 
      Engineering, Yamagata University, Jonan 4-3-16, Yonezawa, Yamagata, 992-8510, 
      Japan. khosla@gmail.com.
FAU - Shah, Shreyas
AU  - Shah S
AD  - Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering, Graduate School of Science and 
      Engineering, Yamagata University, Jonan 4-3-16, Yonezawa, Yamagata, 992-8510, 
      Japan.
FAU - Shiblee, M D Nahin Islam
AU  - Shiblee MDNI
AD  - Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering, Graduate School of Science and 
      Engineering, Yamagata University, Jonan 4-3-16, Yonezawa, Yamagata, 992-8510, 
      Japan.
FAU - Mir, Sajjad Husain
AU  - Mir SH
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8416-3891
AD  - Advanced Materials and BioEngineering Research Centre (AMBER) & Centre for 
      Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices (CRANN), Trinity College 
      Dublin, The University of Dublin, Dublin, 2, Ireland.
FAU - Nagahara, Larry Akio
AU  - Nagahara LA
AD  - Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Whiting School of 
      Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, 
      21218, USA.
FAU - Thundat, Thomas
AU  - Thundat T
AD  - Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Buffalo, New York City, NY, 
      14260, USA.
FAU - Shekar, Praveen Kumar
AU  - Shekar PK
AD  - Nanomaterials and Sensors Laboratory, Washington State University Vancouver, 
      Vancouver, Washington, 98686, USA.
FAU - Kawakami, Masaru
AU  - Kawakami M
AD  - Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering, Graduate School of Science and 
      Engineering, Yamagata University, Jonan 4-3-16, Yonezawa, Yamagata, 992-8510, 
      Japan.
FAU - Furukawa, Hidemitsu
AU  - Furukawa H
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0778-3330
AD  - Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering, Graduate School of Science and 
      Engineering, Yamagata University, Jonan 4-3-16, Yonezawa, Yamagata, 992-8510, 
      Japan.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20180817
PL  - England
TA  - Sci Rep
JT  - Scientific reports
JID - 101563288
PMC - PMC6097983
COIS- The authors declare no competing interests.
EDAT- 2018/08/19 06:00
MHDA- 2018/08/19 06:01
PMCR- 2018/08/17
CRDT- 2018/08/19 06:00
PHST- 2018/01/11 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2018/08/06 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2018/08/19 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2018/08/19 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/08/19 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2018/08/17 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1038/s41598-018-30846-3 [pii]
AID - 30846 [pii]
AID - 10.1038/s41598-018-30846-3 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Sci Rep. 2018 Aug 17;8(1):12313. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-30846-3.