Biologically inspired design of hydrogel-capped hair sensors for enhanced underwater flow detection

Michael E. McConney; Nannan Chen; David Lu; Huan A. Hu; Sheryl Coombs; Chang Liu; Vladimir V. Tsukruk

doi:10.1039/b808839j

Biologically inspired design of hydrogel-capped hair sensors for enhanced underwater flow detection

Michael E. McConney, Nannan Chen, David Lu, Huan A. Hu, Sheryl Coombs, Chang Liu, Vladimir V. Tsukruk

Mechanical Engineering

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Using a precision drop-casting method, a bioinspired hydrogel-capped hair sensory system was created, which enhanced the performance of flow detection by about two orders of magnitude and endowed the sensors with threshold sensitivities that rival those of fish.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	292-295
Number of pages	4
Journal	Soft Matter
Volume	5
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/b808839j
State	Published - Jan 19 2009

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