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Scientists stretch electrically conducting fibers to new lengths


July 23, 2015

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An international research team based at The University of Texas at Dallas has made electrically conducting fibers that can be reversibly stretched to over 14 times their initial length and whose electrical conductivity increases 200-fold when stretched. The research team is using the new fibers to make artificial muscles, as well as capacitors whose energy storage capacity increases about tenfold when the fibers are stretched.Full Story

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The University of Texas at Dallas

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