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Nature Materials 3, 669 - 671 (2004)
doi:10.1038/nmat1224
Membrane sensors: Nanocomposites are stretched thin
Nicholas Kotov1
- Nicholas Kotov is at the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2136, USA. e-mail: kotov@umich.edu
Abstract
Stethoscopes, loudspeakers, microphones, pressure gauges and many other common devices share a basic mechanism of operation — a pliable membrane deflecting under the influence of an external force. A nanocomposite membrane has now been developed that shows great sensitivity and autorecovery capabilities.
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