Chili-Shaped Device Could Reveal Just How Hot that Pepper Is (IMAGE)

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Chili-Shaped Device Could Reveal Just How Hot that Pepper Is

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A chili pepper-shaped device containing a paper-based electrochemical sensor can be connected to a smart phone to reveal how much capsaicin is in a hot pepper.

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Adapted from <i>ACS Applied Nano Materials</i> <b>2020</b>, DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.0c02079

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