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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2004
Yoshio Bando, Ibaraki, JP;
Yihua Gao, Ibaraki, JP;
Zongwen Liu, Ibaraki, JP;
Dmitri Golberg, Ibaraki, JP;
Yoshio Bando, Ibaraki, JP;
Yihua Gao, Ibaraki, JP;
Zongwen Liu, Ibaraki, JP;
Dmitri Golberg, Ibaraki, JP;
National Institute of Materials Science, Ibaraki, JP;
Abstract
By preliminarily measuring the gallium temperature and the length change of a temperature sensing element comprising a carbon nanotube having a continuous column of gallium contained therein, then heating the temperature sensing element installed in a subject to increase the temperature thereof in air, removing the temperature sensing element subjecting to measure the gallium length, and substituting the measured gallium length in a formula, the temperature is measured accurately over a wide temperature range in a micrometer size or less environment.