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Biomedical devices

Biomedical devices

Smart band-aid senses and treats bacterial infections

25 Feb 2020 Giampaolo Pitruzzello 
The paper-based sticking plaster is engineered to behave like a traffic light, appearing green under

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Giampaolo Pitruzzello is a contributor to Physics World. He is a researcher at the University of York, focusing on the use of optical and electrical techniques to study single bacteria and their susceptibility to antibiotics. Find out more about our student contributor networks
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