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Transparent, Super-Stretchy Skin-Like Sensor

By Stanford University News
October 26, 2011
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Stretchy sensor — The sensor is stretchy in all directions and then rebounds to its original shape.

Credit: Steve Fyffe

Using carbon nanotubes bent to act as springs, Stanford researchers have developed a stretchable, transparent skin-like sensor that can be stretched to more than twice its original length and bounce back perfectly to its original shape.

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