In this Advanced Materials Technologies article, researchers demonstrate for the first time a rapid manufacturing process and taxel geometry to create a large area, all-elastomer robot skin
Electronics
An All-Organic Elastomeric Electret Composite
An all organic elastic electret is prepared with a piezoelectric coefficient comparable to the gold standard – poly(vinylidene fluoride.
Hybrid full-cell capacitors demonstrated with dramatic improvements in energy density
Researchers from Korea have demonstrated high-performance hybrid full-cell capacitors on new paradigm structures for anode and cathode electrodes
From Wastewater to Self-Powered Papertronics
Researchers at the State University of New York-Binghamton have constructed a stackable, 3D-foldable bacteria-powered battery within a single sheet of paper for on-chip, disposable paper-based electronics.
How to pattern a liquid metal
Michael Dickey and colleagues at the North Carolina State University have found a very simple way to pattern liquid metals.
Structure, Properties and Applications of Thermoelectric Polymers
Recent work on the Structure, Properties and Applications of Thermoelectric Polymers is presented in a special issue of the Journal of Applied Polymer Science guest edited by Bryan Boudouris and Shannon Yee
Decal electronics: printable packaging
An affordable and reliable manufacturing process for the integration and packaging of fully flexible high-performance electronics has been developed.
Electrically conductive thermoplastic materials
Fraunhofer Umsicht develops flexible compounds based on plastic materials to be used for electrical, electrochemical and mechanical applications.
Chemically blowing 3D carbon nanosheet frameworks to boost lithium storage
An efficient strategy for general synthesis of 3D N-doped carbon nanosheet frameworks functionalized with metal nanoparticles or various hollow nanostructures for efficient lithium storage
Flexible Electronic Paper in Color
Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology have shown that so called plasmonic metasurfaces, ultrathin nanostructured solid materials, can be used for reflective color displays if functionalized with conductive polymers.
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