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Entrepreneur exploits quantum physics

Edwin Cartlidge

Physics World, 2003

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Abstract

In 1995 David Lussey got more than he bargained for when he tried to find a way of making office equipment secure. The Royal Air Force missile expert was mixing together a metal and a polymer to create a material that he thought would become an insulator when stretched. The idea was that the material would set off an alarm if attached to an object that someone was trying to remove. But he discovered that this did not happen with one particular formulation.

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