Abstract
This study presents the synthesis of metal oxides composite nanosheets (oxides of cobalt, zinc and iron) and their pressure sensing properties. A transducer has been fabricated to directly measure the resistance-pressure and impedance-pressure relationships of pristine nanopowder. At the initial stage, a nanopowder sample of 10 mm diameter and 1 mm height was placed in the transducer and by applying pressure of up to 8.15 kN/m(2); the DC resistance and the impedance are reduced by 44% on average. It can be explained by the densification of the samples and a decrease in porosity due to the effect of pressure. It was also observed that the DC resistance increases with time and saturated within 8 min. It is considered that this phenomenon is based on the effect of displacement currents of bound charges. The dependences of the impedance phase (theta) on frequency and pressure have also been investigated.