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Stretchable sensors don’t feel the strain

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Temperature sensors based on stretchable carbon nanotube transistors can nullify strain-dependent errors using a differential circuit design.

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Fig. 1: A flexible, stretchable and wearable temperature-sensing circuit that does not respond to strain.

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