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Highest power efficiency achieved in flexible solar cells using new fabrication technique
28/03/2024
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Flexible solar cells have many potential applications in aerospace and flexible electronics, but low energy conversion efficiency has limited their practical use. A new manufacturing method has...
A new dawn for flexible electronics: Eliminating energy waste
26/03/2024
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Researchers have unveiled an innovative approach to create flexible organic integrated circuits (ICs) devoid of parasitic capacitance. This advancement heralds a substantial enhancement in the...
A new method to develop recyclable, organic and flexible electronics
10/01/2024
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The electronics industry has been in continuous development over the past decades, leading to the development, fabrication and sale of a broad range of consumer devices. In recent years, many...
DELO Develops Flexible Electronics Adhesive
22/10/2023
Scientists develop self-healing elastomer for flexible electronics
19/09/2023
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Scientists in China have fabricated a high-strength elastomer with self-healing properties. The polymer has significant potential in the field of flexible electronic devices.
A new milestone for flexible magnetic sensors
17/07/2023
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Flexible magnetic sensors have gained popularity due to their versatility and potential applications in major areas of flexible electronics, including soft robotics, consumer electronics, health...
Researchers design flexible electronics for stretchable OLED display
13/04/2023
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Imagine a thin, digital display so flexible that you can wrap it around your wrist, fold it in any direction, or curve it over your car's steering wheel. Researchers at the Pritzker School of...
Researchers fabricate novel flexible supercapacitors on paper
06/03/2023
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Wearable devices such as smartwatches, fitness trackers, and virtual reality headsets are becoming commonplace. They are powered by flexible electronics that consist of electrodes with plastic or...
Using a solidified liquid metal to build 3D flexible electronics
23/02/2023
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In recent years, engineers and material scientists have been trying to identify particularly promising materials for creating flexible electronics of different shapes and sizes. Ultimately, these...
Improving the interfacial binding in flexible electronics is crucial for commercialization
26/10/2022
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Stretchable electronic devices are promising candidates for personalized health care systems. The research on using them in various medical and bio-monitoring applications has drawn great attention...
'Smart plastic' material is step forward toward soft, flexible robotics and electronics
16/10/2022
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Inspired by living things from trees to shellfish, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin set out to create a plastic much like many life forms that are hard and rigid in some places and...
Researchers develop ultra-strong aerogels with materials used in bullet-proof vests
29/09/2022
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Aerogels are lightweight materials with extensive microscale pores, which could be used in thermal insulation, energy devices, aerospace structures, as well as emerging technologies of flexible...
Robo-bug: A rechargeable, remote-controllable cyborg cockroach
05/09/2022
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An international team led by researchers at the RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research (CPR) has engineered a system for creating remote controlled cyborg cockroaches, equipped with a tiny wireless...
Scientists design new inks for 3D-printable wearable bioelectronics
22/08/2022
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Flexible electronics have enabled the design of sensors, actuators, microfluidics and electronics on flexible, conformal and/or stretchable sublayers for wearable, implantable or ingestible...
Research allows for 3D printing of 'organic electronics'
26/06/2022
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When looking at the future of production of micro-scale organic electronics, Mohammad Reza Abidian—associate professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Houston Cullen College of...
'Fruitcake' structure observed in organic polymers
02/06/2022
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Researchers have analyzed the properties of an organic polymer with potential applications in flexible electronics and uncovered variations in hardness at the nanoscale, the first time such a fine...
Plant-inspired TransfOrigami microfluidics
09/05/2022
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The health of a plant's vasculature depends on its capacity to respond to environmental stimuli. Plant inspired synthetic microfluidic systems have only rarely demonstrated their environmental...
Uncovering the secret of ternary polymer solar cell success
21/04/2022
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Solar cells will doubtless play a significant part in a sustainable energy future. Polymer solar cells (PSCs) specifically provide an excellent option because they are cheap to produce and can be...
A new development method for flexible electronics
09/01/2022
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A simple, fast, and green flexible electronics preparation technology was put forward by the research team led by Prof. Zhao Gang from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the...
Fabrication of flexible electronics improved using gold and water-vapor plasma
23/12/2021
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Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS) and the RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research (CPR) in Japan have developed a technique to improve the flexibility of ultra-thin...
Tuning flexible circuits with light
21/09/2021
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Researchers from Sanken (The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research) at Osaka University and Joanneum Research (Weiz, Austria), have shown how exposing an organic polymer to ultraviolet...