TUFTS UNIVERSITY IMAGE: SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY OF CARBON INK-COATED THREADS. STRAIGHT THREAD ON LEFT. BENDING THE COATED THREADS CREATES STRAIN (RIGHT), WHICH CHANGES THEIR ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY – A QUANTITY THAT CAN USED TO CALCULATE THE DEGREE OF DEFORMATION(SCALE BAR 200 MICRONS) CREDIT: YIWEN JIANG, TUFTS UNIVERSITY Engineers at Tufts University have created and demonstrated flexible...
