UT Dallas Nanotechnology Research Leads to Super-elastic Conducting Fibers for Artificial Muscles, Sensors
Thursday, July 23, 2015 - 13:30
in Physics & Chemistry
In a study published in the July 24 issue of the journal Science, scientists describe how they constructed elastic conducting fibers by wrapping lighter-than-air, electrically conductive sheets of tiny carbon nanotubes to form a jelly-roll-like sheath around a long rubber core.