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Pressure sensing is challenging in liquid environments, where typical solid-state sensors do not perform well. A sensor with solid–liquid–liquid–gas multiphasic interfaces — its design inspired by the lotus leaf, and in which a trapped air layer modulates capacitance changes with pressure — is shown to achieve near-ideal pressure sensing and is well suited to liquid environments.

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This is a summary of: Cheng, W. et al. Frictionless multiphasic interface for near-ideal aero-elastic pressure sensing. Nat. Mater. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-023-01628-8 (2023).

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Designing air-entrapment interfaces for near-ideal pressure sensors. Nat. Mater. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-023-01640-y

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Published: 23 August 2023

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