Artificial tongue made from polymer gel

15-Feb-2013 - China

Scientists in China have made polymer gels that behave like artificial tongues. By measuring how the gels swell, bend and fluorescence, the researchers found that the gels selectively respond to and can distinguish between sourness (citric acid and gluconic acid), sweetness (glucose), saltiness (sodium chloride) and umami (sodium glutamate).

Original publication

Z-H Zhang et al, Soft Matter, 2013

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