Large-Scale Fabrication of Highly Elastic Conductors on a Broad Range of Surfaces

Lixue Tang1,2, Lei Mou1,2, Wei Zhang1,2

  • 1Beijing Engineering Research Center for BioNanotechnology and CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience , National Center for NanoScience and Technology , No. 11 Zhongguancun Beiyitiao , Beijing 100190 , P. R. China.

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