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An electric-eel-inspired soft power source from stacked hydrogels

An electric-eel-inspired soft power source from stacked hydrogels

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An electric-eel-inspired soft power source from stacked hydrogels

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An electric-eel-inspired soft power source from stacked hydrogels

Publisher

London: Nature Publishing Group UK

Journal title

Nature (London), 2017-12, Vol.552 (7684), p.214-218

Language

English

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Publisher

London: Nature Publishing Group UK

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Contents

Miniature hydrogel compartments in scalable stacked and folded geometries were used to prepare a contact-activated artificial electric organ.
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An electric-eel-inspired soft power source from stacked hydrogels

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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_6436395

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_6436395

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ISSN

0028-0836,1476-4687

E-ISSN

1476-4687

DOI

10.1038/nature24670

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