Quantum Sensor: Shark-like ability to detect small electrical signals
Channel: Purdue Engineering
Date: 2017-12-18

A “quantum material” that mimics a shark’s ability to detect the minute electric fields of small prey has been shown to perform well in ocean-like conditions, with potential applications from defense to marine biology. Learn more:  http://bit.ly/quantum-sensor

Featured Purdue School of Materials Engineering Researchers: 
Derek Schwanz, Graduate Student
Zhen Zhang Postdoctoral Research Associate
Shriram Ramanathan, Professor

The research paper https://www.nature.com/articles/nature25008 was written with colleagues at Argonne National Laboratory, Rutgers University, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Saskatchewan, Columbia University, and the University of Massachusetts. 

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