Nanowires have superior electrical, mechanical properties and can be put to good use in pressure sensors
Thursday, March 29, 2012 - 08:01
in Physics & Chemistry
Miniaturized pressure sensors are widely used in mechanical and biomedical applications, for example, in gauging fuel pressure in cars or in monitoring blood pressure in patients. Woo-Tae Park and co-workers at the A*STAR Institute of Microelectronics1 have now developed a nanowire-based sensor that is so sensitive it can detect even very low pressure changes.