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    Strain Paint: Noncontact Strain Measurement Using Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Composite Coatings
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    Department of Physics, University of Houston - Clear Lake, 2700 Bay Area Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77058, United States
    ‡ ∥ Department of Chemistry, §Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and R.E. Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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    Cite this: Nano Lett. 2012, 12, 7, 3497–3500
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    Published June 13, 2012
    Copyright © 2012 American Chemical Society

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    Composite coatings have been developed that reveal strains in underlying structural elements through noncontact optical measurement. Dilute individualized single-walled carbon nanotubes are embedded in a polymeric host and applied to form a thin coating. Strain in the substrate is transmitted through the polymer to the nanotubes, causing systematic and predictable spectral shifts of the nanotube near-infrared fluorescence peaks. This new method allows quick and precise strain measurements at any position and along any direction of the substrate.

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