A scalable method for fabricating electronic whiskers (e-whiskers)—a class of electronic skin—for sensing a variety of external stimuli, including proximity, texture mapping, surface roughness, material stiffness, force, and temperature.
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Electronics
Printing Wearable Graphene Sensors
Graphene sensors with high-resolution features are produced on flexible tapes for wearable electronics via a simplified drop-cast-and-transfer process.
Carbon Nanotube Surfaces as Ultrafast Emitters
Carbon nanotube surfaces as ultrafast electron sources could influence the next generation of attosecond science and light-wave electronics research.
Powering Electrical Devices with… Power Cables?
Sometimes the answer to a problem is exactly where you would expect it to be.
Nanosheets Boost Battery Charge
Lithium-metal batteries can hold up to 10 times more charge than batteries that currently power our phones, laptops, and cars; but, they have one fatal flaw…
Printing Touch Sensing Capabilities
Researchers create soft robots that can sense touch, pressure, movement and temperature.
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Low-Power, High-Speed Analog Computing [Video]
Researchers from the University of Massachusetts and Hewlett Packard Labs present a memristor platform for analog computations and forecast a device performance at least 16 times greater than purely digital solutions.
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The Superlubric Behavior of Graphene [Video]
Professor Peter Coveney and co-workers from University College London elucidate the process that drives the exfoliation of graphite into graphene sheets using molecular dynamic simulations.
Robust Electronic Skin
Robust electronic skin by utilizing supramolecular chemistry to produce a tough, self-healing elastic material.
Interview: Advances in Perovskite Optoelectronics
Prof. Subodh Mhaisalkar of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore discusses the future of perovskite optoelectronics in an interview with the editors of Energy Technology.
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