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  • Electrode Fabrication of MWCNT-PDMS Strain Sensors by Wet-etching

  • La-Hee Jung*, Hui-Yun Hwang*†

  • Dept. of Mechanical and Robotic Engineering, Andong National University

  • 습식 식각을 이용한 MWCNT-PMDS 변형율 센서 전극 생성에 관한 연구

  • 정라희* · 황희윤*†

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Correspondence to

  • Hui-Yun Hwang

  • Dept. of Mechanical and Robotic Engineering, Andong National University

  • E-mail: hyhwang@anu.ac.kr