Carbon nanotube coated paper sensor for damage diagnosis.
A carbon nanotube coated paper sensor has been developed for the detection of damages in structural components. Electrical resistance tomography is used to measure changes in electrical potential at various locations induced by applying a small electrical current to the sample. The spatial locations and magnitudes of multiple damages are predicted accurately with a sensitivity of 73 ppm in sensing area. The detection limit of the sensor is estimated to be 29 ppm in sensing area, which is at least 30 times better in sensitivity than previous results (0.1-0.65%) in the literature.
ELORET Corportaion, ‡SGT, Inc., and §University Space Research Association (USRA), NASA Ames Research Center , Moffett Field, California 94035, United States.
Beomseok
B
Kim
Yijiang
Y
Lu
Taemin
T
Kim
Jin-Woo
JW
Han
M
M
Meyyappan
Jing
J
Li
carbon nanotube; electrical resistance tomography; paper sensor; structural diagnosis