Issue 2, 2009
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Soft Matter

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

Michael E. McConney,a   Nannan Chen,b   David Lu,a   Huan A. Hu,b   Sheryl Coombs,c   Chang Liub  and  Vladimir V. Tsukruk*a  

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a School of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Polymer, Textile, and Fiber Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
E-mail: Vladimir@mse.gatech.edu
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b Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne, Urbana, IL, USA

c Department of Biological Sciences, JP Scott Center for Neuroscience, Mind & Behavior, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, USA

Abstract

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.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B808839J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
28 May 2008
Accepted
28 Aug 2008
First published
22 Oct 2008

Soft Matter, 2009,5, 292-295

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

M. E. McConney, N. Chen, D. Lu, H. A. Hu, S. Coombs, C. Liu and V. V. Tsukruk, Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 292 DOI: 10.1039/B808839J

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