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. 2014 May 28;26(20):3230-4.
doi: 10.1002/adma.201305285. Epub 2014 Mar 24.

Bioinspired carbon nanotube fuzzy fiber hair sensor for air-flow detection

Matthew R Maschmann  1 , Gregory J Ehlert, Benjamin T Dickinson, David M Phillips, Cody W Ray, Greg W Reich, Jeffery W Baur
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Bioinspired carbon nanotube fuzzy fiber hair sensor for air-flow detection

Matthew R Maschmann et al. Adv Mater. .

Abstract

Artificial hair sensors consisting of a piezoresistive carbon-nanotube-coated glass fiber embedded in a microcapillary are assembled and characterized. Individual sensors resemble a hair plug that may be integrated in a wide range of host materials. The sensors demonstrate an air-flow detection threshold of less than 1 m/s with a piezoresistive sensitivity of 1.3% per m/s air-flow change.

Keywords: artificial hair; carbon nanotubes; piezoresistances; sensors.

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