Thermally actuated interferometric sensors based on the thermal expansion of transparent elastomeric media

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 2031-2037

  Grzybowski, Bartosz A ^a   Brittain, Scott T ^a   Whitesides, George M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0043226797     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1149706     Document Type: Article

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