Nature Nanotechnology | Published: 02 November 2011
Transparent, elastic films containing carbon nanotubes can use changes in capacitance to act as pressure and strain sensors, according to research carried out by Zhenan Bao and her colleagues at Stanford University. The films have a skin-like elasticity that allows them to be stretched to twice their normal size in all directions while maintaining constant conductivity. The ability to stretch the way skin stretches when you bend your fingers, while sensing pressure at the same time, may make these films ideal for prosthetic devices. [read more]
From: “Skin-like pressure and strain sensors based on transparent elastic films of carbon nanotubes,” Darren J. Lipomi, Michael Vosgueritchian, Benjamin C-K. Tee, Sondra L. Hellstrom, Jennifer A. Lee, Courtney H. Fox, and Zhenan Bao, Nature Nanotechnology,Year published:(2011),
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2011.184