PEDOT polymer thin film on grape leaves (IMAGE)

University of Massachusetts Amherst

PEDOT polymer thin film on grape leaves

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Vapor-depositing conducting polymer "tattoos" on plant leaves can allow growers to accurately detect and measure such ozone damage, even at low exposure levels. UMass Amherst materials chemists say their conducting polymer film, PEDOT, is just 1 micron thick so it lets sunlight in and does not hurt leaves.

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UMass Amherst/Andrew lab

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