Flexible, printable sensors detect underwater hazards
Friday, July 8, 2011 - 07:01
in Physics & Chemistry
(PhysOrg.com) -- Breakthroughs in nanoengineering often involve building new materials or tiny circuits. But a professor at the University of California, San Diego is proving that he can make materials and circuits so flexible that they can be pulled, pushed and contorted even under water and still keep functioning properly.