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Sensors: An Extremely Simple Thermocouple Made of a Single Layer of Metal (Adv. Mater. 24/2012)
Author(s) -
Liu Haixiao,
Sun Weiqiang,
Xu Shengyong
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201290147
Subject(s) - thermocouple , simple (philosophy) , materials science , layer (electronics) , cover (algebra) , metal , optoelectronics , thermal , nanotechnology , mechanical engineering , composite material , metallurgy , engineering , physics , thermodynamics , philosophy , epistemology
A novel thermocouple made of only a single metallic thin film is developed by S. Y. Xu and co‐workers on page 3275 . Its configuration challenges a long‐lasting concept. By knitting a single‐metal thermocouple (SMTC) into a matrix, one can easily make a SMTC array for 2D temperature mapping. As this extremely simple temperature sensor can also be applied to flexible substrates, it may inspire a new category of thermal sensors with versatile applications. This cover was designed by B. Xu and H. X. Liu.