The state-of-the-art of flexible and stretchable devices is highlighted in this special issue of Advanced Materials.
Results for "wearable"
Three Decades of Auxetics Research – Materials with Negative Poisson’s ratio: A Review
A comprehensive updated review of auxetic materials, their types and properties, and applications.
Graphene Reinforced Carbon Nanotube Networks for Strain Sensing Application
A wearable strain sensor is developed that could sensitively respond to cyclic small strain.
Black phosphorus unleashes the power of supercapacitors
Researchers in China build powerful and durable all-solid-state supercapacitors using black phosphorus nanoflakes.
Modeling, Design and Development of Soft Pneumatic Actuators
This work presents a design tool for soft pneumatic actuators using finite element method adaptable to a range of soft materials and design parameters.
Transistors by assembling dielectric nanosheets in solution
Researchers from Northwestern University have assembled silicate nanosheets into thin dielectric films for solution-processed field-effect transistors.
Solar energy that doesn’t block the view
MIT spin-off is producing highly transparent, efficient solar cells in its Silicon Valley pilot production facility.
Heat Management for Flexible Devices
Researchers have come up with a unique materials design and integration strategy that can overcome limitations of flexible micro-VCSELs.
A conversation with Huisheng Peng: Editorial Board co-chair for ChemNanoMat
Huisheng Peng talks about how his research interests and career have developed and his role as an Editorial Board co-chair for the new journal ChemNanoMat.
Smallest display chipset enables full HD projection
Texas Instruments launches small display chipset with high potential for third-party developers.
Popular
-
New theory suggests gravity is not a fundamental force
-
Higgs boson may be driving the Universe’s expansion
-
Water-powered gadgets may be on the horizon thanks to new evaporation-based energy device
-
Scientists discover a new class of antibiotics
-
Micron-sized hidden dimensions could solve two of physics’ deepest puzzles
-
A new type of dark matter could explain mysterious radiation from the Milky Way’s core