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Self-assembled metal/polymer expands, conducts electricity.(Metals)
Advanced Materials & Processes, October, 2004
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A material called Metal Rubber that is said to conduct electricity like a metal, yet can stretch up to several hundred percent of its original length has been developed by NanoSonic Inc., Blacksburg, Va., a company founded by Prof. Richard O. Claus of Virginia Tech, also of Blacksburg. The material consists of alternating molecular layers of metal and polymer, and is made by a molecular self-assembly process called electrostatic self-assembly (ESA).
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To begin the self-assembly process, a base material such as glass is cleaned and treated to retain an electrical charge. Then the base ...
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