On the possibility of realization of satellite microacceleration transducer based on nanotubes

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Space Instruments
1Klymenko, Yu.A, 1Yatsenko, VA, 1Shatokhina, Yu.V, 1Prutsko, Yu.V, 1Semeniv, OV
1Space Research Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the State Space Agency of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
Kosm. nauka tehnol. 2008, 14 ;(2):73-76
https://doi.org/10.15407/knit2008.02.073
Publication Language: Russian
Abstract: 
The idea to use nanotubes for making a sensitive element of a satellite microacceleration transducer (a nanoaccelerometer) is proposed. The device performance is provided by a variation of the nanotube electroconductivity under the influence of external inertial forces. The working mechanism for the microacceleration transducer and some recommendations towards its realization are discussed.
Keywords: electroconductivity, microacceleration, nanotube
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