title: Bioinspired carbon nanotube fuzzy fiber hair sensor for air-flow detection.
abstract: Artificial hair sensors consisting of a piezoresistive carbon-nanotube-coated glass fiber embedded in a microcapillary are assembled and characterized. Individual sensors resemble a hair plug that may be integrated in a wide range of host materials. The sensors demonstrate an air-flow detection threshold of less than 1 m/s with a piezoresistive sensitivity of 1.3% per m/s air-flow change.
authors.affiliation: Air Force Research Laboratory, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, AFRL/RX, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, OH, 45433, USA; Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA.
authors.forename: Matthew R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Maschmann
authors.forename: Gregory J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Ehlert
authors.forename: Benjamin T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Dickinson
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.forename: Cody W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Ray
authors.forename: Greg W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Reich
authors.forename: Jeffery W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Baur
mesh_terms: D000388:Air; D040761:Biomimetic Materials; D004867:Equipment Design; D005898:Glass; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009038:Motion; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon
chemical_list: D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; C009753:fiberglass
keywords: artificial hair; carbon nanotubes; piezoresistances; sensors